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Daniel Minahan

  • Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut
  • Birthday: November 30, 1962

Daniel Minahan first broke into feature films as the co-author (with director Mary Harron) of "I Shot Andy Warhol" (1996), a loose biopic of Valerie Solanas whose major claim to fame was her assassination attempt of the famed artist. He solidified his standing though, with "Series 7" (2001), a dead-on satire of "reality" television he wrote and directed that revolved around a selected group of contestants who literally have to kill one another to survive.

Raised in Danbury, Connecticut, Minahan is the latest in a…more

Credits

Director
Producer

Career Milestones

  • 2001

    Feature directorial debut, "Series 7", a black comedy spoof of reality television; premiered at Sundance; also wrote screenplay, which was developed at the Sundace Writers Lab in 1997

  • 1996

    Debut as screenwriter, "I Shot Andy Warhol"; co-wrote with director Mary Harron; also served as second unit director

  • 1991

    Directed the "Hart Island Chronology" segment for the PBS anthology series "New Television"

  • 1991

    Produced several segments for the PBS magazine show about pop culture "Edge"

  • 1988

    Credited as segment producer of the "Aesthetics and/or Transportation" section of the omnibus documentary "Infermental7 - Buffalo, NY Edition: Sexuality or Gender"

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