Daniel Berendsen is an American producer, and screenwriter, best known as the co-writer of the

Disney Channel Original Movie Many television films have been produced for Disney Channel, an American family-oriented basic cable channel and former premium television channel since its launch on April 18, 1983. Until October 1997, films were released under the banner nam ...

'' Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam'', and the writer of '' Hannah Montana: The Movie'' and '' Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie''. He also was one of the writers, developers and executive producers of ''

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' is a comic book series published by Archie Comics about the adventures of a fictional American teenager named Sabrina Spellman. Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and first appeared ...

''. According to the

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website, Berendsen had written the script for an ABC Family Original Movie in development, based on the book series ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King''. It was later announced that the film had been developed into a

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that was picked up for 10 episodes and premiered on June 14, 2011.ABC Family Expands Schedule To 3 Nights Of Original Programming
– Deadline.com, March 7, 2011 Berendsen is now credited as developer and

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/executive producer of the ABC Family sitcom ''

Baby Daddy ''Baby Daddy'' is an American sitcom created by Dan Berendsen that premiered on June 20, 2012, on ABC Family ( Freeform). The series follows Ben, a man in his twenties, who gets the surprise of his life when a one-night stand leaves his baby at ...

''.

Works

Television programs

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'' (executive producer) *''

The Nine Lives of Chloe King ''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' is an American supernatural drama television series which premiered on ABC Family on June 14, 2011, and ended on August 16, 2011. The one-hour drama is based on the book series of the same name by Liz Braswell. T ...

'' (executive producer, developer, writer) *''

'' (supervising producer, writer, story editor) *''

Tripping the Rift ''Tripping the Rift'' is an adult CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series was produced by CineGroupe in association with the Syfy n ...

'' (writer)

Films

* '' Hannah Montana: The Movie'' (2009) (writer) * '' Cinderella III: A Twist in Time'' (2007) (writer)

Television films

* '' Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam'' (2010) (co-writer) * '' Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie'' (2009) (screenplay, story) * '' The Cheetah Girls: One World'' (2008) (co-writer, co-producer) * ''

Twitches Too ''Twitches Too'' is a 2007 Disney Channel Original Movie. It is the sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Twitches'', released in 2005. The film began production in late April 2007 and was released on October 12. It aired during ''Disney ...

'' (2007) (writer) * ''

The Initiation of Sarah ''The Initiation of Sarah'' is a 1978 American made-for-television supernatural horror film directed by Robert Day. It first aired on ABC on February 6, 1978, and starred Kay Lenz as a shy, withdrawn young woman who discovers that she has psychi ...

'' (2006) (teleplay) * '' The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold'' (2006) (writer) * '' Twitches'' (2005) (teleplay) * ''The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel'' (2004) (teleplay) * ''

Halloweentown High ''Halloweentown High'' (also known as ''Halloweentown 3'') is a 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered on Disney Channel on October 8, 2004, for the holiday of Halloween. It drew 6.1 million viewers for its premiere. It is the third ...

'' (2004) (teleplay, co-producer) * ''

Pop Rocks Pop Rocks, also called popping candy, is a candy, owned by Zeta Espacial S.A. Pop Rocks ingredients include sugar, lactose (milk sugar), and flavoring. It differs from typical hard candy in that pressurized carbon dioxide gas bubbles are emb ...

'' (2004) (teleplay) * ''

Stuck in the Suburbs ''Stuck in the Suburbs'' is a Disney Channel Original Movie. It was released on July 16, 2004, and stars Danielle Panabaker as Brittany Aarons and Brenda Song as Natasha Kwon-Schwartz. Brittany, a regular middle school student in the suburbs, acc ...

'' (2004) (teleplay) * ''

Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off ''Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off'' is a 2003 Disney Channel Original Movie. It debuted on Disney Channel on July 18, 2003. Plot Eddie Ogden is an eighth grader at Cedar Valley Junior High School, and plays baseball for the Groundhogs, which i ...

'' (2003) (story, teleplay, co-producer) * ''

The Scream Team ''The Scream Team'' is a 2002 American television film directed by Stuart Gillard from a story by Robert Short and Dan Berendsen, who also wrote the screenplay. The film stars Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Robert Bockstael, Eric Idle, Tommy Davi ...

'' (2002) (story, teleplay, co-producer) * '' Up, Up, and Away'' (2000) (writer, co-prouder) * '' Sabrina Down Under'' (1999) (writer) * ''

Sabrina Goes to Rome ''Sabrina Goes to Rome'' is a 1998 television film produced for ABC. The film is a part of the ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' TV series franchise and is the second TV film made for the series following the 1996 ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' film ...

'' (1998) (writer)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berendsen, Daniel American film producers American male screenwriters American television producers American television writers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) American male television writers