Daniel Myrick (born September 3, 1963) is an American film director, most famous for
horror films
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Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoc ...
, especially for co-directing and writing the 1999
psychological horror
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The Blair Witch Project
''The Blair Witch Project'' is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It is a fictional story of three student filmmakers—Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Josh ...
'' with
Eduardo Sánchez. They won the
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $500,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named after ac ...
for this film.
Life and career
Myrick was born in
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota () is a city in Sarasota County on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is located in the sou ...
. He graduated from
University of Central Florida School of Film in 1994.
Along with collaborating with future Blair Witch cohorts
Eduardo Sánchez and
Gregg Hale on a trilogy of short films, Myrick supported himself by working as an editor and cinematographer on a number of Florida-based music videos and commercials. After he wrote and directed the promo for the
Florida Film Festival
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Overview
The Festival includes narrative and documentary features and shorts, animation, midnight movies, and educational forum ...
in 1997, Myrick's work caught the eye of independent film guru
John Pierson, helping to set the stage for the eventual 1999 debut of Myrick and Sanchez's first feature as co-writers and directors.
In 2006, he co-founded
Raw Feed
Raw Feed was a label of Warner Premiere, the direct-to-DVD division of Warner Home Video, that focused on releasing horror films, many of them unrated, that were geared mainly towards mature audiences.
History
In March 2006, it was announced Joh ...
, a direct to DVD division of
Warner Home Video
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It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Vide ...
that specializes in horror films, with ''
The X-Files
''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who ...
'' executive producer
John Shiban
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and ''
24'' executive producer
Tony Krantz
Tony Krantz (born June 16, 1959) is an American film and television producer, writer, and director. Krantz started his career in the American entertainment industry as an agent, spending 15 years at Creative Artists Agency (CAA). He started the ...
.
Filmography
Feature films
* ''
The Blair Witch Project
''The Blair Witch Project'' is a 1999 American supernatural horror film written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez. It is a fictional story of three student filmmakers—Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, and Josh ...
'' (1999)
* ''
Solstice
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'' (2007)
* ''
Believers'' (2007)
* ''
The Objective
''The Objective'' is a 2008 science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Myrick, and co-written by Myrick, Mark A. Patton, and Wesley Clark Jr. The film stars Jonas Ball, Matthew R. Anderson, and Michael C. Williams. The plot revolves around CI ...
'' (2008)
* ''
Skyman'' (2019)
Television films
* ''Under the Bed'' (2017)
Short films
* ''Curse of the Blair Witch'' (1999)
* ''Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch'' (1999)
* ''Black Veil'' (2021)
Web series
* ''The Strand'' (2006)
Television episodes
* ''Split Screen'' (1997-2000)
References
External links
*
1963 births
Living people
20th-century American screenwriters
People from Sarasota, Florida
Horror film directors
Independent Spirit Award winners
University of Central Florida alumni
Film directors from Florida
Screenwriters from Florida
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