Daniel, a native of Detroit, Michigan, holds a BFA in filmmaking from the College for Creative Studies, is a three-time feature filmmaker, and has won critical acclaim for his work in short films, documentaries and music videos. Daniel's feature films have been distributed nationally and internationally by Ion Entertainment, Razor Digital Media, and Creative Light Worldwide. His working credits include music video and documentary work for Geffen Records and Rainbow Quartz Records. Daniel is also the recent recipient of AFI's prestigious Tom Yoda Scholarship, as well as 4 Student EMMYs for his work in public service announcements, The Herman Fox award for Breakthrough Filmmaking and has earned first division awards in dozens of film festivals including the Marco Island Film Festival, the Tambay International Film Festival, Script-to-Screen Fest, The Westwood International Film Festival and more.