Dan Trachtenberg Biography
Dan Trachtenberg is an American filmmaker and podcast host who directed the series premiere episode of The Boys, which aired on July 26, 2019.
Trachtenberg also directed the 2016 horror-thriller film 10 Cloverfield Lane. The film earned him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film.
He was one of the three hosts of The Totally Rad Show podcast. He was a former co-host of the Geekdrome podcast.
Trachtenberg cites Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby and the Kabbalistic idea of the Golem as formative influences on his desire to become a director.
Dan Trachtenberg Age
Trachtenberg was born on May 11, 1981, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. He is 38 years old as 2019.
Dan Trachtenberg Film Directing
Trachtenberg has directed commercials for Lexus, Nike, and Coca-Cola. He also directed the short film Kickin’ in 2003.
Later in April 2008, Trachtenberg joined Tight Films, for which he collaborated with Matt Wolf on an alternate reality game for Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
In March 2011, he released a short film for BlackBoxTV titled More Than You Can Chew, starring J. Kristopher, Skye Marshall, and Ian Hamrick. He also co-wrote the story with Mark D. Walker.
He went on to release the short film Portal: No Escape, based on the video game Portal, which has garnered more than twenty-two million views on August 23, 2011.
Later on October 13, 2011, it was announced by /Film Trachtenberg would be directing a science fiction action heist film for Universal Pictures with writer Chris Morgan.
He would also direct the film adaptation of Y: The Last Man as announced on January 2013, by iFanboy. However, on September 25, 2014, /Film announced that the film had been canceled.
Ain’t It Cool News, on April 3, 2014, broke the news that Trachtenberg would direct a film for Bad Robot Productions titled Valencia. The film name was later revealed to be a code name for 10 Cloverfield Lane.
The Boys
It was revealed that Trachtenberg would direct the first episode of the Amazon series The Boys, on April 30, 2018.
Trachtenberg replaces Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Uncharted
Trachtenberg was on January 14, 2019, announced to be directing a live-action film adaptation of the video game series Uncharted.
Other of his upcoming feature film projects include Space Race, The Secret Life of Houdini and Crime of the Century.
Dan Trachtenberg Podcast
Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of The Totally Rad Show podcast. He is also a former co-host of the Geekdrome podcast.
He directed episodes for the Ctrl+Alt+Chicken podcast. All of the three programs were hosted at Revision3.
Dan Trachtenberg Net Worth
Trachtenberg has a net worth of $16 Million.