Daniel Reisinger
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Daniel's a visual director who mines comedy from pathos. He's Australian (which is his parent's fault). His work has had 100s of millions of views, winning awards including Cannes Lions and D&AD pencils. He's shot film and TV in the UK, US and Australia with Oscar, Golden Globe, AACTA, BAFTA and Emmy winners.
On the feature side, he just directed and EPed British dramedy And Mrs for Universal International and Netflix UK. It was produced by BAFTA-winner Dan Hine. It stars BAFTA-winning actress Aisling Bea (Living With Yourself, Home Sweet Home Alone, This Way Up), Emmy Nominee Colin Hanks (Fargo, Dexter, King Kong), Billie Lourd (Ticket To Paradise, Book Smart), Emmy Nominee Harriet Walter (Succession, Killing Eve) and Oscar-nominee Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey).
His series Sidesswiped (which he co-created, EPed and Directed) has more than 55 million views and great reviews. Vanity Fair called it a "thoroughly modern romantic comedy", while Indiewire called it "hilarious" and "truly heartfelt." It stars Emmy Winner Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso), Carly Craig, Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Golden Globe winner Peter Gallagher (The OC), Rhys Coiro (Entourage) and Emmy-Winner Thomas Lennon (Reno911).
He followed this by launching the Aussie version of DRUNK HISTORY (although, let's face it, in Australia, it should've just been called - History). It featured Rhys Darby (HBOs Our Flag Means Death, Flight of the Conchords, Jumanji). It topped the ratings and was the country's number 1 trending show.
He's also set to helm My Stepdad's Sepdad for producer Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers) . As well as, Aussie Rules starring Isla Fisher, written by Emmy-winning writers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton (Mad Men) and producers Good Eye Dead and Depth Of Field (The Farewell, American Pie, About A Boy, Pinnochio).
Traditionally a comedy director he has recently wrapped a teaser for a Horror/Dramedy called Our Haunt (with Screen Australia funding) starring Zahra Newman (Wentworth) and Multi-Logie Winner Stephen Peacocke (Me Before You with Emilia Clarke, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with Tina Fey, RFDS for Channel 7). Our Haunt also has Australian Academy award winners - Susie Porter and Roy Billings attached to star.
Dan started out in news and documentaries at the ABC (Australia's version of the BBC) - where he was nominated to be their representative at the Young Australian Leaders forum. He worked on stories as diverse as the love child of legendary cricketer Sir Donald Bradman and the hunt for sunken WW2 battleship the HMAS Sydney. His advertising work has seen him punk US congressmen and trying to get an outback KFC a Michelin star in Paris. These campaigns won at the biggest awards in advertising including 7 Cannes Lions while receiving over a 1,000,000,000 media impressions (that's not a typo). His work has received press from Vanity Fair, CNBC, ABC, Variety, Wired, Deadline, Fox News, Le Monde, Deadline, Indiewire and Ain't It Cool News - who called him; "a force to be reckoned with."
On the feature side, he just directed and EPed British dramedy And Mrs for Universal International and Netflix UK. It was produced by BAFTA-winner Dan Hine. It stars BAFTA-winning actress Aisling Bea (Living With Yourself, Home Sweet Home Alone, This Way Up), Emmy Nominee Colin Hanks (Fargo, Dexter, King Kong), Billie Lourd (Ticket To Paradise, Book Smart), Emmy Nominee Harriet Walter (Succession, Killing Eve) and Oscar-nominee Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey).
His series Sidesswiped (which he co-created, EPed and Directed) has more than 55 million views and great reviews. Vanity Fair called it a "thoroughly modern romantic comedy", while Indiewire called it "hilarious" and "truly heartfelt." It stars Emmy Winner Jason Sudeikis (Ted Lasso), Carly Craig, Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction), Golden Globe winner Peter Gallagher (The OC), Rhys Coiro (Entourage) and Emmy-Winner Thomas Lennon (Reno911).
He followed this by launching the Aussie version of DRUNK HISTORY (although, let's face it, in Australia, it should've just been called - History). It featured Rhys Darby (HBOs Our Flag Means Death, Flight of the Conchords, Jumanji). It topped the ratings and was the country's number 1 trending show.
He's also set to helm My Stepdad's Sepdad for producer Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers) . As well as, Aussie Rules starring Isla Fisher, written by Emmy-winning writers Andre and Maria Jacquemetton (Mad Men) and producers Good Eye Dead and Depth Of Field (The Farewell, American Pie, About A Boy, Pinnochio).
Traditionally a comedy director he has recently wrapped a teaser for a Horror/Dramedy called Our Haunt (with Screen Australia funding) starring Zahra Newman (Wentworth) and Multi-Logie Winner Stephen Peacocke (Me Before You with Emilia Clarke, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot with Tina Fey, RFDS for Channel 7). Our Haunt also has Australian Academy award winners - Susie Porter and Roy Billings attached to star.
Dan started out in news and documentaries at the ABC (Australia's version of the BBC) - where he was nominated to be their representative at the Young Australian Leaders forum. He worked on stories as diverse as the love child of legendary cricketer Sir Donald Bradman and the hunt for sunken WW2 battleship the HMAS Sydney. His advertising work has seen him punk US congressmen and trying to get an outback KFC a Michelin star in Paris. These campaigns won at the biggest awards in advertising including 7 Cannes Lions while receiving over a 1,000,000,000 media impressions (that's not a typo). His work has received press from Vanity Fair, CNBC, ABC, Variety, Wired, Deadline, Fox News, Le Monde, Deadline, Indiewire and Ain't It Cool News - who called him; "a force to be reckoned with."
