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'''Daniel James '''"'''Dan'''"''' Howell''' (born 11 June 1991)<ref>{{cite web|author1=Howell, Dan|title=@danisnotonfire|url=https://twitter.com/danisnotonfire/statuses/344526503574388736|website=Twitter|accessdate=9 August 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001204757/https://twitter.com/danisnotonfire/statuses/344526503574388736|archivedate=1 October 2013|quote=thanks to everyone celebrating my 22nd year into the countdown of death!|deadurl=yes}}</ref><!--# NOTE: Howell's Twitter CAN be used per WP:ABOUTSELF. #--> is a [[British people|British]] [[Video blogging|video blogger]] and [[radio personality]]. He is best known for his [[YouTube channel]] '''''danisnotonfire''''', which has reached over six million subscribers. Together with frequent collaborator [[Phil Lester]], Howell presented Sunday night entertainment show ''[[Dan and Phil]]'' on [[BBC Radio 1]] from January 2013 until August 2014, and presented the station's [[The Internet Takeover|''Internet Takeover'']] slot from September 2014 til April 2016.
'''Daniel James '''"'''Dan'''"''' Howell''' (born 11 June 1991)<ref>{{cite web|author1=Howell, Dan|title=@danisnotonfire|url=https://twitter.com/danisnotonfire/statuses/344526503574388736|website=Twitter|accessdate=9 August 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001204757/https://twitter.com/danisnotonfire/statuses/344526503574388736|archivedate=1 October 2013|quote=thanks to everyone celebrating my 22nd year into the countdown of death!|deadurl=yes}}</ref><!--# NOTE: Howell's Twitter CAN be used per WP:ABOUTSELF. #--> is a [[British people|British]] [[Video blogging|video blogger]] and [[radio personality]]. He is best known for his [[YouTube channel]] '''''danisnotonfire''''', which has reached over six million subscribers. Together with frequent collaborator [[Phil Lester]], Howell presented Sunday night entertainment show ''[[Dan and Phil]]'' on [[BBC Radio 1]] from January 2013 until August 2014, and presented the station's [[The Internet Takeover|''Internet Takeover'']] slot from September 2014 until April 2016.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 22:15, 3 January 2017

Dan Howell
Howell in 2014
Personal information
Born
Daniel James Howell

(1991-06-11) 11 June 1991 (age 33)
Wokingham, England,
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • YouTube personality
  • radio host
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2009–present
Subscribers6.0 million[1]
(August 2016)
Total views571.7 million[1]
(August 2016)
Associated actsPhil Lester
100,000 subscribers2011
1,000,000 subscribers2013
Last updated: 19 August 2016

Daniel James "Dan" Howell (born 11 June 1991)[2] is a British video blogger and radio personality. He is best known for his YouTube channel danisnotonfire, which has reached over six million subscribers. Together with frequent collaborator Phil Lester, Howell presented Sunday night entertainment show Dan and Phil on BBC Radio 1 from January 2013 until August 2014, and presented the station's Internet Takeover slot from September 2014 until April 2016.

Personal life

Howell was born and raised in Wokingham, Berkshire, England.[3] He has a younger brother named Adrian.[citation needed][3]

Before starting his YouTube channel, he worked in retail chains Focus DIY at the age of 16, and later at supermarket Asda.[4] After attending The Forest School, Howell went to the University of Manchester in 2010 to study law, but dropped out in order to pursue video blogging as a profession.[3]

Howell has lived with best friend and fellow YouTuber Phil Lester since August 2011,[5] and the pair moved to London together in July 2012.[6][7]

Career

YouTube

Howell uploaded his first YouTube video titled "HELLO INTERNET" on 16 October 2009.[8] He was encouraged by "some friends" including Phil Lester to continually upload videos to the site.[3]

He also has a second channel, danisnotinteresting, which has over 1.5 million subscribers and 39.5 million views, as of August 2016.

In 2012, he won the YouTube competition "SuperNote" run by Rhett and Link.[9] He also featured in the weekly video series Becoming YouTube created by Benjamin Cook which looked at the different aspects to becoming an internet celebrity.[10] He also wrote a blog for The Huffington Post, in which he wrote about the creative process behind making his videos.[11]

Howell and Lester collaborated on a YouTube channel for My Damn Channel, entitled The Super Amazing Project, in which they investigated paranormal events.[12] In October 2014, it was announced that as of that month, the duo would not carry on working on the project, in order to concentrate on their Radio 1 show.[13] It was later announced that the Super Amazing Project would continue production, but hosted by different presenters, scouted by the My Damn Channel network.[13][14]

On 12 September 2014, Howell and Lester posted the first video on their new gaming YouTube channel, DanandPhilGAMES.[15] On 8 March 2015 the channel hit 1 million subscribers.[16] It was officially the fastest growing channel on YouTube.[17]

On 1 April 2015, Howell and Lester launched a spin-off channel, DanAndPhilCRAFTS, as an April Fools joke. It features a single video of them creating square snowflakes out of paper, with an amateur editing style and humour throughout. It reached over 154,000 subscribers and 500,000 total video views in one week.[18] "Don't cry, craft" became a popular Internet meme from that video, described by the Standard-Examiner as "one of the best known YouTube phrases of all time".[19] The channel was awarded the YouTube Silver Play Button at Summer in the City 2015.[20][21] On 1 April 2016 Howell and Lester made a second video for that channel in which they did another joke tutorial, this time on making glitter faces.[22]

BBC Radio 1

Main article: Dan and Phil

In January 2013, Howell and Lester became the presenters of BBC Radio 1's Sunday evening entertainment and request show.[23] They had occasionally worked with the station before, producing videos for the station's YouTube channel for Edinburgh Festival Fringe and presenting two Christmas broadcasts. The show was designed to be interactive with the audience, featuring amateur music videos from listeners, challenges performed on air by the presenters and song requests.[24] Four months after starting the show, it won the Sony Golden Headphones award.[25]

Howell and Lester presented at the Teen Awards in 2013 and 2014, as part of the BBC online coverage and their Radio 1 show.[26]

In August 2014, it was announced that the last Dan and Phil show would be broadcast on 24 August, with the duo moving to a different show on Monday nights, featuring other popular video bloggers.[27] This new show was titled The Internet Takeover, and featured Howell along with Lester live on the first Monday of every month, before coming to an end in April 2016.[28]

TV and film

Since 2014, Howell and Lester have hosted the worldwide YouTube livestream of the Brit Awards as well as making backstage videos for their channel.[29]

In 2015, Howell, along with Lester, had voice cameo appearances in the UK cinema release of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Big Hero 6 as Technician 1 & 2.[30] However, this version is not in the UK home release.

On 2 February 2016, his BBC Three eSports documentary The Supergamers aired.[31]

In December 2016, Howell and Lester voiced two gorilla princes named Majinuni and Hafifu respectively in the episode The Lost Gorillas in Disney Junior's The Lion Guard.[32]

The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire and The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire

On 26 March 2015, Howell and Lester announced they had co-written a book through a trailer on his channel called The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire (TABINOF).[33] It was released in the UK on 8 October 2015 and worldwide on 15 October 2015, published by Ebury Press and Random House Children's Books.[34] The book topped the General Hardbacks Sunday Times Bestsellers list having sold 26,745 copies in the UK in the first week of its release.[35] It also became a #1 New York Times Bestseller in the young adult hardcover list.[36][37]

In the same trailer the pair announced their theatrical stage show The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire (TATINOF) which travelled around the UK during October and November 2015, ending at the London Palladium.[38]

On 22 April 2016, they took the tour to the US which began at Playlist Live in Orlando, Florida and ended on 24 June 2016 at the Dolby in Hollywood, CA.[39] It was the largest tour ever by YouTube creators.[40] They also toured Australia in August 2016 starting in Perth and ending in Brisbane.[41]

Youtube Red Originals and Dan and Phil Go Outside

On 24 June 2016, they announced The Amazing Tour Is Not on Fire is to be released later in the year as a YouTube Originals film along with a making of documentary.[42] They are the first British YouTube creators to release content on the YouTube Red platform.

Alongside this in November 2016 they are releasing a photobook named Dan and Phil Go Outside which includes a personal collection of candid photos and insightful stories from their tour.[43]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominee Result
2013 Sony Golden Headphones Award Dan and Phil on BBC Radio 1 Won[44]
2014 Teen Choice Award - Web Collaboration The Photo Booth Challenge Nominated[45]
2014 Lovie Internet Video Person of the Year Award Dan Howell Won[46]
2016 British Online Creator Awards - Film of the Year The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire - Official Movie Won[47]
2016 British Online Creator Awards - Collaboration of the Year (With Phil Lester) Phil is not on fire 7 Won[47]
2016 British Online Creator Awards - Collaboration of the Year (With Phil Lester) Dan & Phil's Story of TATINOF Nominated[48]
2016 British Online Creator Awards - Series of the Year Internet Support Group Nominated[49]
2016 British Online Creator Awards - Collaboration of the Year (With Louise Pentland) Our Awkward Fancy Meal Nominated[50]
2016 British Online Creator Awards - Best Use of Tech in a Video The Dan and Phil 3D AUDIO EXPERIENCE Nominated[51]
2016 British Online Creator Awards - Creator of the Year Dan Howell Nominated[52]

References

  1. ^ a b "About danisnotonfire". YouTube.
  2. ^ Howell, Dan. "@danisnotonfire". Twitter. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2015. thanks to everyone celebrating my 22nd year into the countdown of death! {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d Howell, Daniel. "Draw My Life - Dan Howell". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. ^ Dan Howell (29 February 2012). How I got fired (video) (YouTube). Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ^ Dan Howell (11 August 2011). HOT BOYS on Teen Cribz (video) (YouTube). Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  6. ^ Lester, Phil. "@hi_jimmy we move next week! Yes we should :D you can teach me what an oyster card is". Twitter. Phil Lester. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  7. ^ Perry, Alex (23 January 2013). "The Next Big Thing? Interview: Dan Howell (danisnotonfire)". The Huffington Post UK. Retrieved January 2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ HELLO INTERNET. YouTube. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  9. ^ Howell, Daniel. "LLAMARMY ULTIMATE GALACTIC VICTORY". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  10. ^ Cook, Benjamin. "Anatomy of a YouTuber BECOMING YOUTUBE Video #1". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Daniel Howell's Huffington Post blog". Huffingtonpost.co.uk. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  12. ^ The Super Amazing Project (26 September 2011). "The Super Amazing Project". YouTube. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  13. ^ a b Howell, Dan (1 October 2014). "Danisnotonfire on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  14. ^ Lester, Phil (1 October 2014). "@amazingphil on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  15. ^ DanAndPhilGAMES. YouTube. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  16. ^ "Dan Howell on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  17. ^ "SITC 2015". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  18. ^ "DanAndPhilCRAFTS". Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  19. ^ "The TX. 10: Best Dan and Phil videos". Standard-Examiner. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  20. ^ Tashiie12 (17 August 2015). Dan and Phil receiving 100k plaque (video).{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Taken at Summer In The City 2015.
  21. ^ Howell, Dan (danisnotonfire). "well done guys it was just an april fools' joke but DanAndPhilCRAFTS now has 100,000 subscribers so @YouTube have to give it a silver plaque". 02 Apr 2015, 15:20 UTC. Tweet
  22. ^ DanAndPhilCRAFTS (1 April 2016). DanAndPhilCRAFTS - Glitter Faces.
  23. ^ Lazarus, Susanna (9 November 2012). "Vernon Kay and Reggie Yates to leave Radio 1". Radiotimes.com. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  24. ^ Cooper, Ben (11 September 2012). "Radio 1 announces changes to its weekend schedule". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  25. ^ "The Sony Golden Headphones Award - winner announced!". Sony Golden Headphones Awards. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014.
  26. ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Dan and Phil - Dan and Phil at the Teen Awards!". BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  27. ^ Cooper, Ben. "New youth presenters for Radio 1". BBC. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  28. ^ "BBC - Radio 1 announces new student radio curated playlist show - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  29. ^ "Dan & Phil at the BRITs | BRIT Awards 2014". BRIT Awards. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  30. ^ Sutton, Chris (6 January 2015). "Dan and Phil to appear in Big Hero 6". Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  31. ^ "The Supergamers - BBC Three". BBC. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  32. ^ "Dan Howell on Twitter". Twitter. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  33. ^ The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire – Reveal Trailer. YouTube. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  34. ^ Lester, Phil; Howell, Dan (13 October 2015). The Amazing Book Is Not On Fire. Random House Children's Books. ISBN 9781101939840. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  35. ^ Howell, Dan (danisnotonfire). "The Amazing Book is Not on Fire is a number 1 bestseller in the UK! 📖🏆 thanks so much guys we truly appreciate it 💜". 18 Oct 2015, 12:44 UTC. Tweet
  36. ^ "Phil Lester on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  37. ^ "Best Sellers - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  38. ^ The Dan and Phil BOOK & TOUR!. YouTube. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  39. ^ "Dan & Phil - The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire". danandphiltour.com. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  40. ^ VidCon (24 June 2016), YouTube @ VidCon: Susan Wojcicki Keynote, retrieved 3 August 2016
  41. ^ "Dan Howell on Twitter". Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  42. ^ "Dan Howell on Twitter". Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  43. ^ "Dan & Phil Go Outside - The Book - Preorder Now". www.danandphilgooutside.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  44. ^ Lucey, Kate (13 May 2013). "Dan and Phil win a Sony Radio Academy Award all suited up". Sugar Scrape. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  45. ^ "Teen Choice Awards News". Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  46. ^ "LOVIE INTERNET VIDEO PERSON OF THE YEAR". Lovie. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  47. ^ a b "BONCASawards on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  48. ^ "BONCASawards on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  49. ^ "BONCASawards on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  50. ^ "BONCASawards on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  51. ^ "BONCASawards on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  52. ^ "BONCASawards on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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