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Daniel

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About Me

I am a Film Producer who probably spends too much time on work and not enough enjoying my life. I have a beautiful wife, Frances, who recently graduated Smith College with a degree in African American studies. I have a wonderful stepdaughter, Jenelle, who is currently on the Dean's list at BMCC. They live in New York, and I spend my time going back and forth between New York and Los Angeles. I love to surf and I love to travel. I want to live a life of depth and meaning and I dream of making perfect movies that change the world.

My Interests

Film, computers, film, art, surfing, film, photography, reading, film, flying, sleeping, film

I'd like to meet:

Where do I start? John Lewis, Bono, Charles Dickens, John Kennedy, Martin Scorsese, Charlie Chaplin, Marcus Aurelius, Lynda Obst, Mozart, Ghandhi, Jim Morrison, Tupac, Fredrico Fellini, Irving Thalberg, Bill Russell, Abert Einstein, Amy Goodman, Joan of Arc, Ray Kurzweil, Marcel Carne, Bill Clinton, MLK, Nicolas Telsa, John F. Buckley, Nicolas Necroponte, Jody Foster, Holden Caulfield, Frank Marshall (again), David Bowie, Sam Speigel, Plutarch, Jean Michel Basquiat, Kanye West, Steven Spielberg, Leonardo Da Vinci, Alfred Eisenstadt, Spike Lee (again), Ann Rynd, Edward Norton, St. Francis of Assisi, Gordon Parks, Jaron Lanier, Oliver Stone, Laird Hamilton, Salodore Dali, Diane Nash, Keith Oberman, Billy Graham, Francis Ford Coppola, Pat Buchanan, Dean Kaman, Sydney Carton, Diddy (again), Jim Lawson, Dean Devlin, Thomas Wolfe, Bobby Fisher, Franklin Roosevelt, George Will, Brian Glazer, Jon Stewart, Jim Bevel, John Lennon, Russel Simmons (again), Henry Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bob Dylan, Thandie Newton, Steven Cobert, Edward Pressman, Carl Jung, Mahammed Ali, Shirley Temple and (of course) Jesus Christ.Can you imagine if I threw a party and all these people came?

Music:

Everything

Movies:

Everything

Television:

Everything, but especially "The Wire" on HBO

Books:

Biographies

Heroes:

Everyone who has the courage to live the life of their dreams.

My Blog

"Wicked Lake" in El Paso

We have begun production on "Wicked Lake," a horror film, in El Paso Texas. I went across the border into Mexico on my day off. Beautiful landscapes and the easiest production I have ever worked on....
Posted by Daniel on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:26:00 PST

"Day Zero" at Tibecca Film Festival

"Day Zero", an excellent film I was a producer on is having it's world premiere at The Tribecca Film FestivalSet a year in the future, three friends get their draft notices. They have 30 days until t...
Posted by Daniel on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:35:00 PST

Berlin

I have been in Berlin the last couple days. I don't like asking for help under the best circumstances, but being alone and not being able to speak the language is really tough. It is a beautiful and...
Posted by Daniel on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:36:00 PST

Wrapping

We wrapped "The Alphabet Killer" last week. It was one of the harder shoots I have done. Shooting in winter in Rochester, New York was more formidable than I anticipated. First of all, There is onl...
Posted by Daniel on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:00:00 PST

Thoughts on New Year

Well, it is 2007. I'm going have to relearn how to write the date again. I like the new year because it starts getting lighter and lighter everyday, even up here in Rochester New York, where I am sh...
Posted by Daniel on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:31:00 PST

Cardiff Film Festival

We premiered our movie "God's Forgotten House" at the Cardiff Film Festival last night in Wales. The theater was packed. The director's mum organized the event and got local celebrities (Richard Bur...
Posted by Daniel on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:39:00 PST

Wrapping "In My Sleep"

We have just wrapped principal photography on the movie "In My Sleep." Because we have bee shooting nights, I feel like I have been producing this film in my sleep. It has been a great expeirence and...
Posted by Daniel on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:51:00 PST

Entering MySpace

I have been resisting it for years, but have finally joined MySpace. What has taken me so long? I like it so far, but it seems like a fair amount of work to maintain. I wish I had more pictures on ...
Posted by Daniel on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:56:00 PST