Daniel Scheinert

Daniel Scheinert was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He is one half of the film-directing duo referred to as the Daniels, along with Daniel Kwan. A career that started with directing music videos evolved into writing and directing films such as the comedy-drama "Swiss Army Men" (2016) and "The Death of Dick Long (2019). Scheinert also has television directing credits for "On Becoming a God in Central Florida"(Showtime, 2019), "Awkwafina is Nora from Queens"(Comedy Central, 2020-) and others.

The multigenre film "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (2022) was written, directed and produced by the Daniels, Jonathan Wang and the Russo Brothers. The project was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, 13 Critics' Choice Movie Awards, of which it won five, six Golden Globe Awards, winning two, and 10 British Academy Film Awards.