Daniel manages the shots News editorial and compiles shots and Source’s ground-breaking shots Unsigned, focussing on global unsigned directorial talent.
As part of our Short Film & Documentary Focus, we showcase the sports-obsessed filmmaker and animator Mickey Duzyj, whose work is a perfect marriage of style and substance, humour and heart, delivered through his eye-catching bold illustrations and info-graphics animations.
For our next unsigned directing talent interview of 2024 we speak with director/animator Bruno Persico. Here we talk about his co-directed micro short AIRE. We also hear about storyboarding and pre-production, how essential a producer can be, and Franco-Belgian comics.
We hear from PS260 Editor Tyler Hurst, who talks about the experimentation and evolution of the medium, instagram inspirations, and his new 3D printing hobby.
We chat to Chromista director Mario Clement about collaborating with Hildur Guðnadóttir, finding beauty in everyday life, and standing on his hands...
In our latest chat with unsigned directing talent we hear from Last Dog Films founder and director Joshua Armstrong. Here we talk about his latest short horror film inspired by the internet hoax MOMO. We also hear about his passion behind his projects, DIY VFX endeavours, and 20 years of filmmaking.
We hear from the Blinkink director Will Wightman about some superb music promos, 360 camera experiments and stuffed tigers...
We caught up with Caviar's Head of Sales & PR Georgie MacEchern where we talk Romain Gavras appreciation, Spotify playlists, and early piano lessons...
We chat to BLINKINK director Zach Tavel about the current TikTok-ification of Spotify, Turkish Freakout hunting, and his tour guided dreams.
For our first unsigned directing talent interview of 2024 we speak with director Andy Mihov. Here we talk about his music video for Elena Flury - Burning Questions. We also hear about going on adventures, self-taught filmmaking, and ambitious shot lists.
We hear from Enrique Caballero, Comms Manager at LOLA MullenLowe/Madrid about his K-pop obsession, the influence of YouTube and TikTok and the work of Xavier Dolan.
For our latest unsigned directing talent interview we speak with Danish director Nikolaj Fremming. Here we talk about his short film Living With Humans for Jotex. We also hear about the importance of a good script, dystopia, and missing the hidden beauty around us all.
We chat to Good Times director Oliver Davies about Depeche Mode, Anton Corbijn, and some extensive music video selections.
Daniel compiles shots and Source’s ground-breaking shots Unsigned, focussing on global unsigned directorial talent, and curates the monthly ‘shots Unsigned’ showcase.
Alongside that, Daniel posts daily news on the site and conducts written interviews with directors, primarily focussing on feature-film, unsigned and music video. He has also sat as a judge on many advertising and film awards, including" the UK MVAs, YDA, Porsche Awards, EPICA Awards, shots Awards, Berlin Commercial, Creative Circle Awards, Shiny Awards, Conero Film + Adv, and the Videoclip Italia Awards.
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