Hi, I'm Dan,

For over 21 years, I’ve had the privilege of turning ambitious creative ideas into spectacular reality through pyrotechnics and special effects.

My career has taken me around the world, designing, directing and delivering SFX for some of the biggest names and most ambitious productions in live entertainment. Along the way, I’ve developed specialist knowledge in pyrotechnics and special effects, combining creative design with engineering, technology, safety and practical delivery to create experiences that audiences genuinely remember.

After many years in live entertainment, including my time as SFX Designer & Director at ER Productions and previously Pyrojunkies, I’ve taken that experience into a new chapter of my career with Universal Creative, where I’m now Senior Manager, Ride & Show Engineering – SFX.

Today, I bring more than two decades of hands-on specialist experience to the design and development of world-class themed entertainment. I love working at the point where creativity meets engineering — solving unusual problems, pushing what’s technically possible and finding ways to make an effect not just work, but become part of the story.

Pyrotechnics and special effects have been at the heart of my career, and I’m still just as fascinated by the challenge as when I started: creating that moment when engineering, creativity and a little bit of magic come together to make people wonder, “How did they do that?”