Daniel Sollinger (born May 3, 1967) is an American film producer and director.
Early life and education Sollinger was born in Cumberland, Maryland. He started filmmaking while studying at the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, South Carolina.
Sollinger is a graduate of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Career At the start of his career, he directed music videos for artists including EPMD, A Tribe Called Quest, Redman, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, and LL Cool J.
Sollinger produced the documentary Rhyme and Reason (1997), which was later ranked 35th on Rolling Stone'''s list of the 70 Greatest Music Documentaries of All Time.
He produced and directed the documentary Immortality or Bust (2019) which won the Breakout Award at the Raw Science Film Festival and Best Biohacking Awareness Documentary at GeekFest Toronto 2021.
He produced the drama film America's Family which won the Grand Jury and Audience Award at the 25th annual Dances with Films festival in Los Angeles.
Sollinger produced the KCET documentary series Artbound'' episode "Chinatown Punk Wars" (2023), which received a nomination at the Los Angeles Emmy Awards in the Entertainment Programming category and won the Feature Documentary over 25 Minutes award at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards.
Filmography Films YearTitleRoleNotes1997Rhyme and ReasonProducer1997Six Ways to SundayExecutive Producer1997April VProducer1999Love GogglesProducer2005Age of KaliProducer2005God's Forgotten HouseProducerAward of Excellence, Feature Film category (2007)2009The Gods of CircumstanceProducer2009Out of the FogProducer2010The Putt Putt SyndromeCo-Producer2012California WinterProducer2015Dark SummerCo-Producer2015Ktown CowboysProducer2016The PastorCo-Producer2019Immortality or BustProducer and Director2021CleanProducer2022America's FamilyProducer2025V13Producer
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2005The Nueva Estrella AwardsProducer2010The FuzzFirst Assistant DirectorTelevision film2023ArtboundProducerEpisode: "Chinatown Punk Wars"
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result2007Award of ExcellenceFeature FilmGod's Forgotten House2014Zed Film FestivalOutstanding ProducerL.A. Slasher2019Raw Science Film FestivalBreakout AwardImmortality or Bust2021GeekFest TorontoBest Biohacking Awareness DocumentaryImmortality or Bust2022Dances With FilmsGrand Jury Award for Features America's Family2022Dances With FilmsAudience Award for Competition FeaturesAmerica's Family2023Los Angeles Emmy AwardsEntertainment ProgrammingArtbound – "Chinatown Punk Wars"2024Los Angeles Press Club Awards Feature Documentary over 25 minutesArtbound – "Chinatown Punk Wars"
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