My name is Dan and I'm a documentary filmmaker and cinematographer based in New York City. If you’d like to hire me for cinematography across any genre, please don’t hesitate to reach out. My work has been featured on HBO, Netflix, and The New York Times among others.
My most recent work is a short documentary called ARE YOU MY BROTHER? The film chronicles a year that I spent unpacking the discovery of my long-lost half brother, Oscar, as my family and I meet him for the very first time.
Oscar Iglesias (left) tells me about how he discovered that he and I share the same father (production still from ARE YOU MY BROTHER?)
Previously, I was a cinematographer on Oscar-nominated director David France’s HBO Documentary HOW TO SURVIVE A PANDEMIC. I’m also the co-director/director of photography/producer of a feature-length documentary called AND SO I STAYED, a documentary about survivors of domestic violence who are criminalized for defending themselves against their abusers.
(from left to right) Co-Director Natalie Pattillo, Kim Dadou Brown, Tanisha Davis, Michelle Horton, and Co-Director Daniel A. Nelson at the 2021 Brooklyn Film Festival. AND SO I STAYED won the Spirit Award and Audience Award for best documentary feature. (photo by Lou Aguilar)
I also shot and did research on David France’s THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON about trans icon Marsha P. Johnson and her suspicious death in 1992.
Filming (left) on the set of THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON
In addition to my documentary work, I produce a live TV show for Yahoo Finance, covering the economy, politics, and breaking news.
I received my master's from Columbia Journalism School, where I teach part-time, focused on documentary filmmaking. My thesis was a documentary about competitive yoga called POSTURE. I did my bachelor's at San Francisco State University in journalism with a minor in economics.
I'm a recovering sportswriter and followed the San Francisco Giants in 2014 during their World Series run.
Interviewing Buster Posey inside the San Francisco Giants clubhouse
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