Dan Trachtenberg
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Dan Trachtenberg (born May 11, 1981) is an American filmmaker and podcast host.[2] He is best known for directing the films 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and Prey (2022), the former earning him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film.[3] For television, he directed the pilot episodes of The Boys (2019) and The Lost Symbol (2021), the latter on which he also served as an executive producer.
Dan Trachtenberg | |
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Born | (1981-05-11) May 11, 1981 (age 43) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | Temple University |
Occupation(s) | Director, writer, podcast host |
Years active | 1998–present |
Spouse |
Priscilla Hernandez (m. 2011) |
Children | 1[1] |
Website | dantrachtenberg |
Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of The Totally Rad Show podcast and a former co-host of the Geekdrome podcast. He also directed episodes for the Ctrl+Alt+Chicken podcast. All three programs were hosted at Revision3. He also directed the 2011 short film Portal: No Escape, an episode of Black Mirror entitled "Playtest", and various television commercials and public service announcements. He is currently developing a TV series adaptation of the 1995 film Waterworld.