Daniel Voll, a

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native, is a journalist who has written for ''Esquire'', ''Vanity Fair'', and '' The New York Times''. He has reported from

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, South Africa, and covered the U.S. pullout from Iraq for ''Esquire'' magazine. He has also written extensively on hate crimes in America and produced the

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documentary, ''Soldiers in the Army of God'', about the violent wing of the anti-abortion movement. In television he has served as executive producer and writer on the prime time dramas, ''

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'', '' The Unit'', and ''

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''. For Oliver Stone, he adapted the screenplay ''Patriots'', based on his reporting of a racially motivated murder in the 82nd Airborne; and for

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, he wrote ''Fire Dogs'', about a season he spent fighting forest fires with a convict crew. An ''Esquire'' contributing editor, Voll lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife,

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, and their two children, Harper and Ondine. On May 22, 2017, various entertainment journals reported Oliver Stone was attached to a television series about the Guantanamo detention camp, that had been created by Voll. Stone is reported to be scheduled to direct every episode of the first season.

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