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Daniel Raim

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Daniel Raim

Born
(age 52)
Credits
24 titles

Biography

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. Raim is known for his documentaries about overlooked artists of Hollywood's Golden Age, including "The Man on Lincoln's Nose" nominated for the 2001 Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject. Raim's 2015 doc "Harold and Lillian A Hollywood Love Story" (a New York Times Critic's Pick) premiered as an Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for The Golden Eye (L’Œil d'or, le prix du documentaire - Cannes). In addition to his theatrical films, Daniel has written, produced, and directed 28 original documentaries for the Criterion Collection about cinema masters, including John Cassavetes, Buster Keaton, Alfred Hitchcock, Andrei Tarkovsky, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Kelly Reichardt. Raim's "In Search of Ozu" premiered on the Criterion Channel to rave reviews in 2018. In 2019 Raim directed and produced ​the TCM Original Documentary "Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers." Raim's fourth documentary feature, "Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen," will be released in Spring 2022 by Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber.

Raim has screened his films and lectured at: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, HOT DOCS, Cannes Film Festival, DOC NYC, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, AFI Conservatory: Harold Lloyd Master Seminar, Walt Disney Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, ILM, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Sony Animation Studios, and Canadian Film Center/TIFF Bell Lightbox, among others. Raim has a passion for education, and in 2016 he embarked on an academic tour through India, where he screened his films and lectured on and the art and craft of documentary filmmaking. In 2017, Daniel partnered with Desktop-Documentaries.com and created an online course entitled: Documentary Storytelling and Scriptwriting.

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Signature work

Known For

Crew credits 24

YearTitleJob
2025 The Ozu Diaries Film Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
2022 A Visit to the Pixar Living Archive Film Editor, Producer, Director
2022 Ralph-E: The Art of the Color Script Film Director, Producer
2022 Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen Film Producer, Director, Writer
2021 Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai' Film Director, Writer
2020 Time Travelers: Uncovering Old LA in Keaton Comedies Film Director, Editor, Producer
2019 Casting a Shadow Film Director
2019 Introducing My Father, François Truffaut Film Producer, Director, Editor
2019 Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers Film Director
2019 Ozu & Noda Film Producer, Writer, Director
2019 Ozu & Noda Film Director
2019 Writing with the Camera Film Director
2018 Hitchcock, Hopper, and the Penultimate Moment Film Director
2018 Inventing "Andrei Rublev" Film Director, Producer, Editor
2018 Bo Harwood on 'A Woman Under the Influence' Film Director, Editor, Producer
2018 Aki and Peter Film Director
2018 In Search of Ozu Film Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Camera Operator
2018 Marvel Mon Amour Film Producer, Director, Editor
2018 Bo Harwood on the Films of John Cassavetes Film Director, Producer, Editor
2017 Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Film Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
2015 Dirty Beautiful Film Editor
2010 Something's Gonna Live Film Director
2009 A History of Project Mercury: Preparing for Man in Space Film Writer, Director
2000 The Man on Lincoln's Nose Film Director
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