Daniel Minahan

AKA:
Dan Minahan
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
00/00/1963
Birthplace:
Danbury, Connecticut
biography
Daniel Minahan first broke into feature films as the co-author (with director Mary Harron) of "I Shot Andy Warhol" (1996), a loose biopic of Valerie Solanas whose major claim to fame was her assassination attempt of the famed artist. He solidified his standing though, with "Series 7" (2001), a dead-on satire of "reality" television he wrote and directed that revolved around a selected group of contestants who literally have to kill one another to survive.

Raised in Danbury, Connecticut, Minahan is the latest in a long line of graduates of SUNY, Purchase to make his mark in the world of Continued

Credits
(TV Show)
2005-2007
Director
2007
Director
2006
Director
2006
Director
2006
Director
2005
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Director
2007
(TV Show)
2007-2007
Director
2007
(TV Show)
2004-2006
Director
2006
Director
2004
(TV Show)
2005-2005
Director
2005
(TV Show)
2003-2005
Director
2005
Director
2005
Director
2004
Director
2003
(TV Show)
2004-2005
Director
2005
Director
2004
Director
2001
screenplay
2001
Director
1996
screenplay
1996
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Danbury, Connecticut
 
Began career working on TV documentaries for the BBC and Channel Four
 
Moved to Fox TV; worked as a segment producer on "tabloid" shows
1988 
Credited as segment producer of the "Aesthetics and/or Transportation" section of the omnibus documentary "Infermental7 - Buffalo, NY Edition: Sexuality or Gender"
1991 
Directed the "Hart Island Chronology" segment for the PBS anthology series "New Television"
1991 
Produced several segments for the PBS magazine show about pop culture "Edge"
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