Alexander Danner

Writer, Sound Designer, and Teacher

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

About

I am a writer, sound designer, and co-creator of the audio drama podcast Greater Boston. I teach college-level creative writing, with experience developing courses related to comics and graphic novels, audio drama, and other media. I have also co-authored two textbooks: Character Design for Graphic Novels, and Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present. Specialties: Writing, Teaching, Audio Drama, Podcasting, Sound Design, Comics, Graphic Novels

Experience

  • Sound Designer at Storiaverse
    2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Sound design for spot animations embedded within individual short stories published via the Storiaverse media app.

  • Sound Designer at IMPLODING FICTIONS
    2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Sound Design for 6 episodes across the fourth and fifth seasons of the award-winning fiction podcast "The Amelia Project."

  • Script Writer at Dagaz Media
    2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

    * Write audio scripts adapting the beloved comic series ElfQuest * Transport the story from a purely visual medium to a purely aural medium. ElfQuest, by Wendy & Richard Pini, was published from 1978 – 2018, and is one of the most influential independent comics series of its time. The audio adaptation features a celebrity cast lead by veteran voice actress Cree Summer.

  • Audio Drama/Podcast Producer at ThirdSight Media LLC
    2015 - Present · 11 yrs 6 mos

    Co-produce a serial, full-cast audio drama, including scripting, recording, editing, and sound design. Collaborate with co-creator, as well as more than 100 actors, musicians, staff writers, and recording technicians. Maintain a seasonal broadcast schedule since show launch in March, 2016. Greater Boston is an award-winning bi-monthly audio drama that blends the real and the unreal, the historical and the fantastical, where the streets of Boston's North End are still sticky from the great molasses flood, Wonderland is still a sketchy amusement park, and the MBTA's Red Line might just secede to form its own independent municipality. Greater Boston is a creative project born of passion for storytelling and the possibilities of contemporary audio narrative.

  • Sound Designer at HARTLIFE CORPORATION NFP
    2018 - Present · 8 yrs 6 mos

    * On Unwell, A Midwestern Gothic Mystery: Create intricate, immersive sound designs for six episodes across three seasons, thus far. Unwell was selected Winner of the Best Podcast award at the 2021 BBC Audio Drama Awards. • Sound Design The Redeemers, a standalone holiday special) • On Tales from Albuquerque, an Our Fair City mini-series, as guest contributor, sound design E4 and co-write E1