Biography
Daniel is an exciting scriptwriter with a passion for dark thrillers, crime stories and comic books. He's a classically trained actor and studied scriptwriting in New York, where his works received immediate attention from the Academy Foundation's Nicholl Fellowships. Now living with his family on a farm in Switzerland, Daniel also specializes in German language scripts.
In Development:
THE COUNTESS
Two-part event movie for Yellow Bird Pictures & Wasabi Film
Inspired by Alexandra Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo
LENA POLJANSKAJA
THE COFFEE TRADER
Drama for Koerfer Film & C-Films
Produced Credits:
BROTHER GRIMM
Thriller for ARD Television, Producer Mona Film
GSG 9: REJECTED
Episodic action for SAT1 Television, Producer Typhoon Film
CRIME SCENE: ONE AND ONLY
Crime drama for SWR Television, Producer Maran Film
THE CLEVER ONES: BLOOD TIES
Episodic thriller for RTL Television, Producer Studio Hamburg Film
CRIME SCENE: A BETTER DEATH
Crime drama for SWR Television, Producer SWR
THE CLEVER ONES: PURE WORLD
Episodic thriller for RTL Television, Producer Studio Hamburg Film
CRIME SCENE: A MURDEROUS FAIRYTALE
Thriller for BR Television, Producer Bavaria Television
Original Available Screenplays:
BREAKFAST IN ATLANTIS (Drama Mystery)
CRACKER'S WORLD (Action Comedy)
NOT MINDING THE HURT (Thriller)
OUT THERE (Thriller)
BOXMAN JAKE (Drama Mystery)
THE WAY IT IS (Comedy)
WALLSPACE (Action Thriller)
Competitions:
A MURDEROUS FAIRYTALE (Grimme Prize Nomination 2001)
BREAKFAST IN ATLANTIS (Nicholl Fellowships & Chesterfield semifinalist)
CRACKER'S WORLD (Nicholl top ten, Empire finalist, Chesterfield semifinalist)
NOT MINDING THE HURT (Chesterfield & Empire semifinalist)
OUT THERE (Nicholl Fellowships quarterfinalist)
THE WAY IT IS (Empire quarterfinalist)
WALLSPACE (Empire quarterfinalist)
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