Feb 19, 2012
Daniel is a Screenwriter,
Director, and Actor from Canada. He was born in Sydney, Nova
Scotia and was educated in Halifax and Toronto.
Daniel started the theatre company da
da kamera in Toronto for whom he has written, directed, and
acted. Daniel is now one of
Canada's best known playwrights.
Daniel has written,
co-written, acted, and directed several independent films, which
are usually made in his home province of Nova Scotia. They include:
Past Perfect, Marion Bridge, Wilby Wonderful,
Whole New Thing, and more
recently Trigger.
Wilby Wonderful which he
wrote, directed, and acted in is about 24 hours in the life of the
small town of Wilby, where the municipal festival is in preparation
as development comes to the island and threatens to change the
world around them. Whole New Thing,
co-written with Amnon Buchbinder, is
unconventional coming-of-age narrative of a 13 year old boy,
Emerson, who lives with his counter-cultural parents and develops a
crush on his teacher, Don Grant, played by Daniel.
Trigger was written by
Daniel and directed by
Bruce MacDonald, starring
Tracy Wright and
Molly Parker.
Trigger is the story of
two rock n' roll women who once shared a friendship, a band and a
chaotic lifestyle. A dozen years later they meet again, and over
the course of one evening rediscover friendship, remember their
rock n'roll days, and reignite chaos.