criticised, leading to the change in name. Directing In 2008, Dan moved to Melbourne to direct The Comedy Channel's satirical news program, The Mansion starring Michael Chamberlin and Charlie Pickering. He has also filmed and produced a selection of short video parodies, along with other related online work. These have included filming and editing for the Axis of Awesome's Election '07 Rap Battle; an anti-web censorship advertisement, Censordyne, produced for GetUp; a parody website describing a fake television series about the murder of Michael McGurk; and a parody video of the Freeview advertising campaign produced for Massage My Medium, a comedy stand-up routine featuring Ilic and Marc Fennell, which in turn was removed from YouTube when it was accused of being a copyright violation, as the work employed footage from the advertisement being parodied. At times his work has been the subject of criticism – his parody of the Where the bloody hell are you? advertising campaign, designed to attract tourists to Australia, received threats of legal action from Tourism Australia. Ilic was also behind Vicroads' controversial "Don't be a dickhead" campaign, which makes fun of "gingers" and "emos" in an attempt to create awareness of using mobile phones while driving. In December 2014 it was announced that Ilic would take up a position in San Francisco as "senior producer of satire" with AJ+, part of Al Jazeera Media Network. But in 2015 he was sacked after using company equipment to film an audition for The Daily Show. References External links "The Official Dan Ilic" website Adams Management Dan Ilic's agent – Liz Adams Dan Ilic on Twitter “The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'' website A story about “Beaconsfield: A Musical In a-flat Minor” A story about “Beaconsfield: A musical in a-flat minor” An Interview conducted with Ben Grubb from Tech Wired Australia about Dan's "Freeview Spoof" Downwind Media Ilic's viral video and media production company Box Cutters Interview An interview with Dan Ilic and Marc Fennell about the Massage My Medium Beaconsfield: The Musical – The Age A review of the 2009 MICF production of Beaconsfield: The Musical An article on the controversy surrounding the "Don't be a dickhead" campaign 1981 births Living people Australian television personalities Australian male comedians Australian people of Serbian descent Australian people of Lebanese descent Australian people of Italian descent Al Jazeera people People from Sydney Macquarie University alumni People educated at Oakhill College