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Don Daniel(I)

  • Producer
  • Production Manager
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Spanning more than two decades, Don Daniel's diverse career in the entertainment industry began when he produced a series of benefit rock concerts in Atlanta for "Project Hospital Inc." which raised funds for a mobile hospital in Bangladesh. He moved from there to WRAS-FM Atlanta where, as General Manager, the station grew prosperous, popular, and its market share went through the roof. After creating the 1st quadraphonic radio and television simulcast and the multi award winning show: Atlanta Music Scene, Daniel moved to Los Angeles and attended the American Film Institute. During his second year at the AFI, Daniel produced the internationally award-winning graduate thesis film, The Expert, directed by Donald Petrie.

Daniel has worked in various management capacities on hundreds of film and television productions. He has been brought in by bonding & insurance companies as well as independent financing entities from Geneva to Tokyo to watch over productions. One of the many projects Daniel supervised was the motion picture Evita in Hungary, Argentina and England for Cinema Completions.

Daniel served as Vice President of Production for Shower, a Tokyo /Los Angeles production company, as well as Head of Production for Viola, a Beverly Hills based production company. Another highlight of Daniel's diverse career was producing a ten-camera, 35mm feature film documentary for Stevie Wonder's In The Circle Square Madison Square Garden concert.

Daniel is on the faculty of Boston University and has taught at Emerson College and Chapman University. He a member of the Directors Guild of America and a founding member of the Digital Cinema Society.
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    Known for

    Juliette Cummins, Atanas Ilitch, and Heidi Kozak Haddad in Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
    Slumber Party Massacre II
    4.7
    • Producer
    • 1987
    Les captives de l'espace (1987)
    Les captives de l'espace
    4.4
    • Producer(uncredited)
    • 1987
    Kleptomania (1993)
    Kleptomania
    4.7
    • Producer
    • 1993
    The Just A Minute Festival (2021)
    The Just A Minute Festival
    Video
    • Producer
    • 2021

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    Producer



    • The Just A Minute Festival (2021)
      The Just A Minute Festival
      Video
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Blue Car (2002)
      Blue Car
      6.6
      • associate producer (as Don Daniels)
      • 2002
    • Losing the Light
      • line producer
      • 2000
    • Tripfall (2000)
      Tripfall
      4.0
      • line producer
      • 2000
    • Ernie Hudson, James Russo, and Jeff Wincott in American Triade (1999)
      American Triade
      3.9
      • line producer
      • 1999
    • Casper Van Dien and Natasha Gregson Wagner in Modern Vampires (1998)
      Modern Vampires
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • line producer (as Don Daniels)
      • 1998
    • Uncle Sam (1996)
      Uncle Sam
      4.6
      Video
      • line producer
      • 1996
    • Lato milosci (1994)
      Lato milosci
      6.7
      • line producer
      • 1994
    • Kleptomania (1993)
      Kleptomania
      4.7
      • line producer
      • 1993
    • Play Nice (1992)
      Play Nice
      4.1
      • producer
      • 1992
    • Corey Feldman in Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (1991)
      Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever
      4.6
      • associate producer
      • 1991
    • La preuve par 9 mm (1989)
      La preuve par 9 mm
      4.9
      • line producer
      • 1989
    • Juliette Cummins, Atanas Ilitch, and Heidi Kozak Haddad in Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
      Slumber Party Massacre II
      4.7
      • producer
      • 1987
    • Les captives de l'espace (1987)
      Les captives de l'espace
      4.4
      • producer (uncredited)
      • 1987

    Production Manager



    • XCU: Extreme Close Up (2001)
      XCU: Extreme Close Up
      5.3
      • unit production manager
      • 2001
    • Tripfall (2000)
      Tripfall
      4.0
      • unit production manager
      • 2000
    • Ernie Hudson, James Russo, and Jeff Wincott in American Triade (1999)
      American Triade
      3.9
      • unit production manager
      • 1999
    • Uncle Sam (1996)
      Uncle Sam
      4.6
      Video
      • unit production manager
      • 1996
    • Metalbeast (1995)
      Metalbeast
      4.5
      • unit production manager
      • 1995
    • Kleptomania (1993)
      Kleptomania
      4.7
      • unit production manager
      • 1993
    • Play Nice (1992)
      Play Nice
      4.1
      • unit production manager
      • 1992
    • Lynette Walden in The Silencer (1992)
      The Silencer
      4.0
      • unit production manager
      • 1992
    • Juliette Cummins, Atanas Ilitch, and Heidi Kozak Haddad in Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
      Slumber Party Massacre II
      4.7
      • unit production manager
      • 1987
    • Les captives de l'espace (1987)
      Les captives de l'espace
      4.4
      • production manager (as Don Daniels)
      • 1987

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Don Cheadle, Zooey Deschanel, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Manic (2001)
      Manic
      7.1
      • additional first assistant director
      • 2001
    • Felicity Waterman in Lena's Holiday (1991)
      Lena's Holiday
      5.5
      • first assistant director
      • 1991
    • La preuve par 9 mm (1989)
      La preuve par 9 mm
      4.9
      • first assistant director
      • 1989
    • Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure (1989)
      Andy Colby's Incredible Adventure
      3.4
      • first assistant director
      • 1989
    • Juliette Cummins, Atanas Ilitch, and Heidi Kozak Haddad in Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
      Slumber Party Massacre II
      4.7
      • first assistant director
      • 1987
    • Les captives de l'espace (1987)
      Les captives de l'espace
      4.4
      • assistant director (as Don Daniels)
      • 1987
    • Emanon (1987)
      Emanon
      2.8
      • second assistant director
      • 1987

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    • Alternative name
      • Don Daniels
    • Other works
      Contributed to Francesco Borseti's book "It Came from the 80s!" Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. (2016) ISBN-10: 1476666040, ISBN-13: 978-1476666044

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