- Raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, Daniel trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and gained his initial experience as a producer working alongside Academy Award Nominee Penelope Milford in her film workshop from 1997-2000 and in 2003 produced his first feature film Losing Lenny (2003), which was screened at Sony Studios in Culver City, California.
Daniel serves as a script consultant for network & cable television and has had his projects in development through Password Pictures at Lions Gate, Hazy Mills Productions at CBS, and the late Dennis Hopper at Easy Rider Productions.
Over the years he has also appeared on network television as an actor, is a published writer / photographer and in October 2010, had two songs that he produced appear on the SyFy channel's Behind the Scenes (2010).
Two distinctive highlights from his career in entertainment include working with Peter Gilbert ( Hoop Dreams (1994), Prefontaine (1997) , Burning Ice (2010) ) and the "Godfather" of Chicano theatre and film, Luis Valdez ( Zoot Suit (1981), La Bamba (1987) ).- IMDb Mini Biography By: whmgmt
- SpousesMelissa Ann Solomon(2004 - 2005) (divorced, 1 child)Ann Deiman(1997 - 2001) (divorced)
- Attended Park High School in Cottage Grove, Minnesota with Seann William Scott.
- Was roommate with Eion Bailey while studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
- Began making movies in 4th grade when his mother "borrowed" VHS equipment from the St. Paul School District over holidays and summer vacations.
- Is of Mexican and Norwegian descent.
- Was on a short list of actors under consideration for acceptance into the prestigious Juilliard theatre program in 2000. The rate of acceptance to the drama school is about 2%.
- We met ("Spiderman" director) Sam Raimi while screening "Losing Lenny" at Sony Studios. His office was right next to our screening room. Kurt Larson and I thought it would be nice to say, "hello" and unknowingly interrupted a production meeting he was having for the Spidey sequel with about 20 artists and technicians. Sam was so nice, he stopped his meeting and talked with us about our movie for about 15 minutes. We invited him to the screening, but he said, "That's a very nice invitation, but I'm extremely wrapped up on this one 'til release.
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