Dan has received numerous broadcast and film awards including:

• Cannes Golden Lion
• Addy Awards
• Telly Awards
• Best of the West Awards
• Clio Awards
• IBA Awards
• IBA "Spike" Award
• Rosie Awards
• Iris Awards
• Woody Awards
• One Show Awards
• One Show Silver Pencil
• NEA Composition Award recipient in Jazz Composition
• Seattle Symphony Orchestra commission to compose "Piece for Electric Bass and Vibraphone"
• National Jazz Educators Award of Excellence   

The Dan Dean Sample Libraries have thus far won 3 Keyboard Magazine’s “Key Buy” awards:

• Dan Dean Solo Woodwinds
• Dan Dean Solo Brass
• Dan Dean Brass Ensembles

Electronic Musician Magazine’s “Best Buy” Awards and 35 stars in Sound On Sound Magazine in a year and a half