Dan Sickles is an American documentary film director, writer, actor and producer.

[5] He earned his BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2010.

[6] Sickles directed, wrote and produced his debut documentary, Mala Mala, along with Antonio Santini, about nine trans-identifying individuals in Puerto Rico, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the runner-up audience award at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival.

[7] In 2015, he directed a short film, I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast, based on the Melissa Studdard poetry collection I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast.

[8] In 2017, Sickles directed and produced his second documentary, Dina, along with Antonio Santini, about a love story between a suburban woman and a Walmart door greeter, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.