Daniel Kwan

Daniel Kwan

Directing

Biography

Daniel Kwan (born February 10, 1988) is an American filmmaker and one-half of the filmmaking duo known as the Daniels, alongside Daniel Scheinert. He began his career as a director of music videos, including ones for "Houdini" (2012) by Foster the People and "Turn Down for What" (2013) by DJ Snake and Lil Jon, both of which earned Grammy Award nominations. Kwan co-wrote and co-directed the absurdist comedy dramas Swiss Army Man (2016) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). The latter became A24's highest-grossing film and earned him several accolades, including Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniels (directors), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Balance movie poster

Balance

A star falls from space while two people have a debate of whether or not things in life are all really connected, or if everything just happens to be coincidence.

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Learned Behavior: Special Features at WorkMOVIE

Learned Behavior: Special Features at Work

Hour-long round table discussion between Jonathan and Josh Baker and renowned filmmakers including 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg, Swiss Army Man directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, legendary special features producer Laurent Bouzereau (Jaws, Back to the Future, Ready Player One) and special features godfather Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Tusk).

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Learned Behavior: Special Features at Work

Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage movie poster

Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage

Primetime program celebrating the diversity and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of the vibrant Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community

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Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage

Puppets

A film about puppets, the creative process, and how conflict can end in resolution.

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My Best Friend's Wedding/My Best Friend's SweatingMOVIE

My Best Friend's Wedding/My Best Friend's Sweating

A groom's best friend comes to his aid on his wedding day with unexpected consequences.

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My Best Friend's Wedding/My Best Friend's Sweating

Swingers movie poster

Swingers

Sometimes giving a dude a simple push on a swing isn't so simple after all.

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Tides of the Heart

A pair of friends sit on a bench and discuss their hopes and dreams when things take an unexpected turn.

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Tides of the Heart

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once movie poster

Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once

A behind-the-scenes look at Everything Everywhere All at Once, with interviews from the directors/writers, cast and crew.

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Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once

Interesting Ball movie poster

Interesting Ball

A red ball bounces past a cafe and a couple folks’ houses and then goes to the beach.

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Interesting Ball

Production

Fast movie poster

Fast

A balls to the wall action film about Fast, the fastest person alive, who is also named Fast.

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Special Effects

Your Boyfriend's Funeral movie poster

Your Boyfriend's Funeral

Frank is such a butthole. Ashley waited the whole night for him, and now, the following morning, she's pissed to say the least. But today she's in for a surprising, repulsive, heart breaking little adventure.

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Your Boyfriend's Funeral

Your Boyfriend's Funeral movie poster

Your Boyfriend's Funeral

Frank is such a butthole. Ashley waited the whole night for him, and now, the following morning, she's pissed to say the least. But today she's in for a surprising, repulsive, heart breaking little adventure.

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Your Boyfriend's Funeral

Fast movie poster

Fast

A balls to the wall action film about Fast, the fastest person alive, who is also named Fast.

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Possibilia movie poster

Possibilia

A young couple contemplates breaking up. Witness the events from 16 different perspectives in this interactive love story set in the multiverse.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once movie poster

Everything Everywhere All at Once

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Interesting Ball movie poster

Interesting Ball

A red ball bounces past a cafe and a couple folks’ houses and then goes to the beach.

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Interesting Ball

Tides of the Heart movie poster

Tides of the Heart

A pair of friends sit on a bench and discuss their hopes and dreams when things take an unexpected turn.

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Tides of the Heart

Interesting Ball movie poster

Interesting Ball

A red ball bounces past a cafe and a couple folks’ houses and then goes to the beach.

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Interesting Ball

Puppets

A film about puppets, the creative process, and how conflict can end in resolution.

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Gallery

Daniel Kwan portrait

Daniel Kwan portrait

Daniel Kwan portrait

Daniel Kwan portrait

Daniel Kwan portrait