8.4
TV
Directing
Dan Trachtenberg
- Born
- (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 19 titles
Biography
Dan Trachtenberg (born May 11, 1981) is an American filmmaker and podcast host.
He is best known for directing the films 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and Prey (2022), the former earning him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. For television, he directed the pilot episodes of The Boys (2019) and The Lost Symbol (2021), the latter of which he also served as an executive producer.
Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of The Totally Rad Show podcast and a former co-host of the Geekdrome podcast. He also directed episodes for the Ctrl+Alt+Chicken podcast, all hosted at Revision3. He directed the 2011 short film Portal: No Escape, an episode of Black Mirror entitled "Playtest," and various television commercials and public service announcements.
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Signature work
Known For
Acting credits 4
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Learned Behavior: Special Features at Work Film | Self |
| 2014 | Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film | Self |
| 2008 | Scam School TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The Totally Rad Show TV | Self - Host (43 ep) |
Crew credits 15
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | MILK Film | Idea |
| TBA | Untitled Sleeping Beauty Film Film | Director, Story, Producer |
| TBA | Untitled Dan Trachtenberg/Paramount Pictures Project Film | Director, Producer |
| 2028 | Freddy the 13th Film | Director, Producer |
| 2025 | Predator: Badlands Film | Story, Director, Producer |
| 2025 | Predator: Killer of Killers Film | Director, Story, Producer |
| 2022 | Prey Film | Story, Director |
| 2021 | Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol TV | Executive Producer, Director (1 ep) |
| 2019 | The Boys TV | Executive Producer, Director (1 ep) |
| 2016 | 10 Cloverfield Lane Film | Director |
| 2011 | Black Mirror TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2011 | More Than You Can Chew Film | Director, Story |
| 2010 | BlackBoxTV Presents TV | Director, Writer (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Kickin' Film | Writer, Director |
| 1998 | Phantasm IV: Oblivion Film | Key Grip |