| Daniel Housman |
 After earning a B.A. in American Culture from Vassar College, Daniel moved to Seattle and at a young age became the music editor for the alternative weekly newspaper, The Stranger, during it's rapid growth in the mid-90s. Daniel wrote many music reviews and interviews, profiled cultural figures, and covered political issues relevant to the arts. Daniel also had a weekly radio show on the major community station, KEXP.Returning to his native New York City, Daniel completed an MFA in Filmmaking in 2002 at Columbia University. While completing the degree, Daniel worked as a teaching assistant for noted Columbia professor Annette Insdorf. Also, working under Jack Lechner, Director of Development, Daniel was a script reader at Miramax Films, often doing overnight reports for Harvey Weinstein.
Daniel focused on screenwriting at Columbia, but studied every aspect of film in their integrated program, directing a twenty-minute original film ("One Hand Clapping," 16 mm), which won a faculty achievement award. Daniel wrote the screenplay for the feature film, "The Treatment," based on a novel, starring Chris Eigeman, Ian Holm, and Famke Janssen. "The Treatment" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, winning Best Narrative Feature in the "Made in New York" category. The film opened in New York City on May 4th, 2007, and other major cities in the summer of 2007. Since film school Daniel has taught "Intro to Film," and freshman writing classes at Fordham University, and Adelphi University; he also co-taught an "indie film" screenwriting class at Mediabistro in New York. In L.A., Daniel has studied TV writing with Chad Gervich; written a feature called "Odd Jobs For Girls"; and completed two scripts in 2009 with a writing partner, Matt Roshkow. He is developing a satirical comedy, which takes place in Tel Aviv and Hollywood, and uses the entertainment industry to takes a farcical look at Israeli - Palestinian conflict. |
