PAST WORK

Daniel is a Salvadoran-American producer, director, writer, and cultural worker based in Los Angeles. His short films have played at festivals including True/False, Atlanta, ICARO, Bentonville, and Paraguay International. He won the 2022 Blackstar Doc Shorts Pitch, was a 2022 Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today Fellow, and was a 2023 Sundance Institute Latine Collab Scholarship recipient.

Daniel was previously the Coordinator for Documentary Specialty Funds and Shorts at The Sundance Institute. He has worked as an associate producer, field producer, and post supervisor for nonfiction and fiction projects for companies like Tremolo, Actual Films, and Artifact Nonfiction. He is a screener for Sundance Institute and Catapult Film Fund, and also does freelance grant application writing and grant consultation work.

CURRENTLY

Daniel is writing his first fiction feature, APOCALIPSIS, which has been developed with the support of the Sundance Institute Artist Accelerator Program. He filmed a proof-of-concept short in February 2025, which will be in festivals in 2026. He is also researching several ideas for his first nonfiction feature.

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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. I dream of owning my own production company, with a focus on arthouse, nonfiction, and new media, producing international co-productions across the Global South.