Dan Trachtenberg
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About
American filmmaker and podcast host. He directed the 2016 horror-thriller film 10 Cloverfield Lane, and 2022's Prey, the reboot of the Predator films. He has 60,000 followers on Twitter and 20,000 on Instagram.
Before Fame
In high school, he worked at a video store in the Willow Grove Park Mall of suburban Philadelphia. He hosted GeekDrome.com and co-hosted the weekly Internet video broadcast "The Totally Rad Show." He directed the internet show Ctrl+Alt+Chicken as well as numerous commercials, for Lexus, Nike, and Coca-Cola.
Trivia
He directed the premier episode of The Boys. He also earned a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing - First-Time Feature Film for 10 Cloverfield Lane.
Family Life
He was born and raised in Philadelphia in a Jewish family. He married Priscilla Hernandez in 2011.
Associated With
He directed the premier episode of The Lost Symbol, starring Ashley Zukerman and Valorie Curry. He also directed Prey, starring Amber Midthunder.
