Daniel is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a BA in directing and screenwriting. He has been shooting films his entire life having made his first movie at the age of 8.
Dan has directed two theatrically released feature films “Common Senses”, and “Farewell Darkness” which won three best feature film awards in the international film festival circuit. Additionally, Daniel has directed more than 85 short films, music videos, commercials and documentaries, including 11 episodes of several popular TV and web series, garnering over 40 independent film awards and nominations for his work.
Daniel is the founder of Pico Blvd Entertainment, a production company who’s core is focused on independent cinema. Not only is Dan a maverick director, he is an accomplished editor and has worked in several major capacities in film, from producing multiple feature films, to first assistant directing several multi-million dollar features films around the world.
Currently he is developing his third feature film “Wounded”, an adaptation of the critically acclaimed play written by award winning playwright Kerry Kazmierowicztrimm.
Horror Haiku: The Summoning
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Internet
by Seraph Films
Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer
Horror Haiku: Bound and Gagged
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Internet
by Seraph Films
Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer
Horror Haiku: Para Los Ninos
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Internet
by Seraph Films
Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer
Horror Haiku: Comuppance
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Internet
by Seraph Films
Director/Co-Writer/Co-Producer
Bloody Bobby
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Film
by Black Pumpkin Pictures
Editor/2nd Unit Director
Four Queens
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Film (short)
by Dir: Noel Douglas Orput
Editor
The Beat That Her Heart Skipped
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Producer/Editor
Sex Pose Man Episode 001 (Pilot)
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Internet
by Exertion Films
Director/Editor
Sex Pose Man Episode 002
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Internet
by Exertion Films
Director/Editor
Horror Haiku: The Phoenix
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Internet
by Seraph Films
Director/Writer/Editor/Producer
The Prison Web
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Film (short)
by Dir: Jo Allen
Editor
Eye
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Film (short)
by Dir: Joe Pytka
Editor
Lotus Eater (Music Video)
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Film (short)
by BlakZodiac Productions
Director/Editor
Forever Beautiful
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Film (short)
by Dir: Noel Douglas Orput
Editor
Mirror Image
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Film
by Dir: Chris W. Freeman, Justin Jones
Editor/1st Assistant Director
Legaleze
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Writer/Editor
Three Times a Lady
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Film (short)
by Dir: Noel Douglas Orput
Editor/1st Assistant Director
Holding Back
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Film
by Springfield Films
Editor/1st Assistant Director
I Want Him Dead
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Film (short)
by Red Cello, Exertion Films, Silo
Director/Writer
Car: Scene 49
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Film
by Exertion Films
Director
There's a Heaven Above You
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Screenplay
Farewell Darkness
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Film
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Co-Screenplay/Producer/Editor
Serengetti (Music Video)
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Editor
Palooka
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Film (short)
by Upressplay Productions
Editor
The Last Bee in the Hive
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Film (short)
by Upressplay Productions, Dir: Paul Moriarty
Producer/Co-Editor
Common Senses
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Film
by Split Pillow Productions
Director/Co-Writer/Editor - Chapter 2
David Bianchi's Soldier
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Co-Screenplay/Editor
Court Jester (Music Video)
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Film (short)
by Far Out Films
Director/Editor
Back To Reality
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Writer/Producer/Editor
Roscoe Village - Episode 3: What Might Have Been...
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Television
by Upressplay Productions
Director
In Bloom
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Documentary
by Upressplay Productions/Painted Saint Entertainment
Director/Co-Producer/Cinematographer/Editor
The Wooden Door
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Film (short)
by Clayton Entertainment
Co-Director/Co-Writer
Two Days In Limbo
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Writer/Producer/Director
Spoils
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Writer/Producer
Something Stupid
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Producer/Co-Writer/Co-Editor
Capture the Flag
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Writer/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor
Sonnett Sequence
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Producer/Editor
Inertia
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Producer
Jethro Goes to the City
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Writer/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor
The Hermit's Nest
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Cinematographer/Editor
The Tell Tale Heart
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Film (short)
by Pico Blvd Entertainment
Director/Producer/Writer/Editor/ Cinematographer
"I Want Him Dead" Single Funniest Moment - Houston Comedy Film Festival
(2010)
"I Want Him Dead" Best Actress - Houston Comedy Film Festival
(2010)
"I Want Him Dead" Best Visual Effects - Houston Comedy Film Festival
(2010)
"There's a Heaven Above You" Script to Screen Contest Winner - Delray Beach Film Festival
(2009)
"Soldier" Movies on a Shoestring Award - Rochester International Film Festival
(2008)
"Farewell Darkness" Best Feature Film - Delray Beach Film Festival
(2008)
"Farewell Darkness" Best Picture - Drake International Film Festival
(2008)
"Farewell Darkness" Best 1st Feature - Drake International Film Festival
(2008)
"Soldier" Best Short Film - Queens International Film Festival
(2006)
"Soldier" Best Action Short - San Tan Film Festival
(2006)
"Two Days in Limbo" Best Short Film - New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
(2004)
"Two Days in Limbo" Best Short Film - Michigan Independent Film Festival
(2003)