D aniel was born in Melbourne, Australia and studied and graduated from Sydney Film School in 2005. The short documentary Troy which he produced and directed at SFS garnered a number of screenings and awards internationally which led Daniel to being offered an assistant director role on the 2006 feature film Men’s Group.

Between 2007 and 2011, Daniel moved between Melbourne and Sydney to work on Pauline Chan’s 33 Postcards, Richard Lowenstein’s Autoluminescent: Rowland S Howard and a number of Television programs including Tri Pods X-mas special, Shane Warne the Musical and RockIt! For Music Max and Channel 10.