Daniel J. Egbert
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Daniel is a student Emmy nominated filmmaker, and a semifinalist in the 2023 Academy Nicholl Fellowship. He is the 2021 recipient of the Richard P. Rogers Spirit Of Excellence Award For Directing presented by AFI Fest, and one of twelve filmmakers selected for the seventh annual CAA Moebius Showcase.
Originally from New York, Daniel left home at seventeen to join the United States Marine Corps Infantry. He served four deployments including both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars where he was wounded in combat. Daniel's work explores loss of control, and how trauma complicates but beautifies the human experience-through themes of inadequacy, rage, and rebirth.
Daniel earned an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory and is represented by CAA and Wildflower.
Originally from New York, Daniel left home at seventeen to join the United States Marine Corps Infantry. He served four deployments including both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars where he was wounded in combat. Daniel's work explores loss of control, and how trauma complicates but beautifies the human experience-through themes of inadequacy, rage, and rebirth.
Daniel earned an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory and is represented by CAA and Wildflower.
