Dan Jardine grew up on a small farm in Cape Breton. He was writing songs at thirteen and playing in bands shortly after. He has never really stopped.

He studied film at NSCAD University, graduated with a BFA in 2007, and spent the next fifteen years in Toronto working across every level of the industry — from lighting sets on feature films like Total Recall (2012) to directing camera and lighting crews on nationally broadcasted television. At Corus Entertainment he served as Lighting Director, Videographer, and Director of Photography on shows including Chevy Top 20 Countdown, Fred at Night, and The Zone, working alongside talent including Carrie Underwood, One Direction, Gord Downie, Lisa Gilroy, Queen Priyanka and hundreds of others. He directed music videos that earned MuchFACT grants, achieved regular MuchMusic rotation multiple times, was featured in Huffington Post, and has screened his own film as an official selection at New Filmmakers Los Angeles. His music was awarded Converse Rubber Tracks studio time at Nobel Street studios in Toronto.

At CBC — where he has contributed in various capacities since 2007 — he has shot and edited news, documentary, and arts content across national and regional platforms. His work includes The Ron James Show, Power & Politics, Being Black in Canada, and JUNOS Wavemaker Ambassador coverage across Atlantic Canada. A story he field-produced was shortlisted for an RTDNA Canada Award for Audio-Visual Storytelling.

Through his own company, Boom Shoal Enterprises, he has produced broadcast, music, corporate, and branded content for clients including BMO, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, and URBNET — concept through delivery.

The specializations are deliberate: cinematography, editing, lighting, photography, and songwriting. He has spent twenty years going deeper into those five things.

He also records and performs original pop music under the name Danger Dean aka Dan Jardine. He is now based comfortably in Halifax.