PAST WORK

Daniel is a Salvadoran-American producer, director, and writer based in Los Angeles. His third short, SUPERESTAR, has been accepted at festivals including Bentonville, NewFilmmakers LA, San Diego Latino, and Philadelphia Latino where it won the LOLA Award. It was acquired for distribution on Soleil Space. His second short film MEMORAMA (2019) played in competition at festivals including Oaxaca International, Paraguay International and ICARO International, where it won 2nd place for Best Fiction Short. His feature screenplay THE AMBASSADOR was a semi-finalist in Scriptapalooza and Shore Scripts screenplay contest. He won the 2022 Blackstar Doc Shorts Pitch, is a 2022 Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today Fellow, and is a 2023 Sundance Institute Latine Collab Scholarship recipient.

Daniel was previously the Coordinator for Documentary Specialty Funds and Shorts at The Sundance Institute, and also previously worked for Film Independent and The Mill LA. He also works as a producer. story producer, post-producer and associate producer for nonfiction and fiction projects.

CURRENTLY

Daniel is producing a short documentary on a new mural in Chicano Park, titled BROWN IMAGE, set for completion in Early 2023.

Daniel is producing and directing his first nonfiction short film, POSTCOLONIAL PIÑATA (working title) set for completion in early 2024. The film won the 2022 Blackstar Film Festival Short Docs Pitch.

Daniel is associate producing a feature documentary for Oscar-nominated Actual Films, slated for premiere in 2024.

For other freelance work, click HERE.

LIFE & EDUCATION

I was born in Oakland. I grew up in California, Ohio, Texas and El Salvador, and speak both English and Spanish. I graduated from La Sierra University, earning degrees in both History and Film/TV Production. I love going to music shows, cuddling cats, buying books I don’t have time to read, improvising cocktails, and surfing at dawn. Check out my IMDB page HERE!