Sean Daniel(I)
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Actor
Sean Daniel, p.g.a., has built a nearly 50-year career in the entertainment industry. As a producer and studio executive, Daniel has helped shape the vernacular of modern cinema, overseeing some of the most widely beloved, critically acclaimed films ever made.
Daniel joined Universal Pictures in 1976, and only nine years later, at the age of 34, he became the youngest production president in the studio's history. During his tenure, Daniel supervised the financing and production of such acclaimed films as American College (1978), Nashville Lady (1980), Les Blues Brothers (1980), Breakfast Club (1985), Seize bougies pour Sam (1984), Ça chauffe au lycée Ridgemont (1982), Le Loup-garou de Londres (1981), Brazil (1985), Jusqu'au bout du rêve (1989), Do the Right Thing (1989), Retour vers le futur (1985), American chicano (1987), Midnight Run (1988), Rusty James (1983), Missing - Porté disparu (1982), Une créature de rêve (1985), L'oncle Buck (1989), Fletch aux trousses (1985), Gorilles dans la brume (1988), Darkman (1990) and Monty Python : Le Sens de la vie (1983).
At Universal, Daniel founded the production company Alphaville Films, later joined by James Jacks, and developed and produced 1999's blockbuster action adventure La Momie (1999), starring future Academy Award® winners Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Daniel produced the four subsequent films in the global franchise: Le Retour de la momie (2001), which launched the film career of Dwayne Johnson, La Momie : La Tombe de l'empereur dragon (2008), Le Roi Scorpion (2002) and La Momie (2017). All told, the franchise has earned almost $2 billion worldwide.
Daniel also produced Malcolm D. Lee's hit romantic comedy Le Mariage de l'année, 10 ans après (2013), Richard Linklater's classic Génération rebelle (1993); the renowned western Tombstone (1993); Nora Ephron's supernatural comedy Michael (1996); Joel and Ethan Coen's Intolérable cruauté (2003); the Chris Rock/Weitz brothers' comedy Michael (1996); the rap-music comedy CB4 (1993), also with Chris Rock; and John Woo's first American film, Chasse à l'homme (1993).
Daniel's recent credits include Scary Stories (2019), which he produced with Guillermo Del Toro, Richard Linklater's feature Everybody Wants Some (2016), and the documentary Chasse à l'homme (1993).
On the series side, Daniel served as an executive producer on the Netflix phenomenon The Witcher (2019), Peacock's The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022), the acclaimed Amazon series The Expanse (2015), based on James S.A. Corey's New York Times best-selling book franchise, and Graceland (2013), from White Collar creator Jeff Eastin. Additionally, Daniel executive produced the TNT original film Freedom Song (2000), directed by Phil Robinson and starring Danny Glover; HBO's Des gens ordinaires (2004); and the USA Network's four-hour mini-series Attila, le Hun (2001), starring Gerard Butler.
Daniel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film from the California Institute of the Arts in 1973.
At Universal, Daniel founded the production company Alphaville Films, later joined by James Jacks, and developed and produced 1999's blockbuster action adventure La Momie (1999), starring future Academy Award® winners Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Daniel produced the four subsequent films in the global franchise: Le Retour de la momie (2001), which launched the film career of Dwayne Johnson, La Momie : La Tombe de l'empereur dragon (2008), Le Roi Scorpion (2002) and La Momie (2017). All told, the franchise has earned almost $2 billion worldwide.
Daniel also produced Malcolm D. Lee's hit romantic comedy Le Mariage de l'année, 10 ans après (2013), Richard Linklater's classic Génération rebelle (1993); the renowned western Tombstone (1993); Nora Ephron's supernatural comedy Michael (1996); Joel and Ethan Coen's Intolérable cruauté (2003); the Chris Rock/Weitz brothers' comedy Michael (1996); the rap-music comedy CB4 (1993), also with Chris Rock; and John Woo's first American film, Chasse à l'homme (1993).
Daniel's recent credits include Scary Stories (2019), which he produced with Guillermo Del Toro, Richard Linklater's feature Everybody Wants Some (2016), and the documentary Chasse à l'homme (1993).
On the series side, Daniel served as an executive producer on the Netflix phenomenon The Witcher (2019), Peacock's The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022), the acclaimed Amazon series The Expanse (2015), based on James S.A. Corey's New York Times best-selling book franchise, and Graceland (2013), from White Collar creator Jeff Eastin. Additionally, Daniel executive produced the TNT original film Freedom Song (2000), directed by Phil Robinson and starring Danny Glover; HBO's Des gens ordinaires (2004); and the USA Network's four-hour mini-series Attila, le Hun (2001), starring Gerard Butler.
Daniel received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film from the California Institute of the Arts in 1973.
