Danny Roane: First Time Director
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andy Dick
Written by	Andy Dick
Produced by	Marshall Cook Chris Romano
Starring	Andy Dick Frankie Muniz Jack Black Sara Rue Mo Collins Ben Stiller James Van Der Beek Anthony Rapp Maura Tierney
Cinematography	Ben Gamble
Edited by	John M. Valerio
Music by	Paul Henderson Jason Miller
Distributed by	Lions Gate Entertainment
Release date	March 11, 2006 (2006-03-11) (SXSW)[1]
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Danny Roane: First Time Director is a 2006 comedy film written, directed by and starring Andy Dick, and also starring Jack Black and Mo Collins. This independent production is a documentary mixed with a mockumentary on Dick's struggle on making a film.^[2] The film premiered at the 2006 South by Southwest Film Festival,^[3][4] and released to DVD on November 6, 2007.^[5]

Plot

After being blackballed from Hollywood because of his drunken antics, Danny Roane, a washed up TV actor, sobers up to direct his first feature film. As the pressure builds, Roane turns to the bottle again and attempts to finish his movie about drug and alcohol abuse. But in his drunken madness, he decides to make the film a musical.

Cast

• Andy Dick as Danny Roane
• Frankie Muniz as himself
• Jack Black as himself
• Sara Rue as Charlotte Lewis
• Mo Collins as Deidra Fennigan
• Ben Stiller as himself
• James Van Der Beek as himself
• Anthony Rapp as himself
• Maura Tierney as herself