Daniel Maldonado

Writer Director Producer

Featured in the New York Times, Remezcla, The Face and on NBC News, Daniel is a multi award winning LatinX filmmaker rooted in the New York’s downtown Avant-Garde

Former intern & assistant for legendary NY producer Ben Barenholtz, Daniel’s formative years  earned him several Kodak grants and invitations into the renowned Actor’s Studio observation program. Under the mentorship of acclaimed  film poet Manfred Kirchheimer, he wrote and directed several inclusive shorts which toured German movie theaters as part of the “Blue Hearts Of N.Y.”.

Committed to a personal and intuitive process, his work has earned  recognition at international and Academy Award qualifying film festivals such as LALO featuring Billy Magnussen, which was awarded Best Short Film at the HBO/NY Latino International Film Festival.He  completed his debut feature, H.O.M.E. in 2016 starring Mexican Ariel winner,  Jesús Ochoa. Produced by Darren Dean (Tangerine, The Florida Project), the film premiered at NY’s Museum Of Moving Image followed by screenings at the American Cinematheque, Austin’s Violet Crown Cinemas and at over 25 top international festivals. Completing its  journey, the film garnered a Best U.S. Latino Film nomination from Cinema Tropical and several awards for Best Feature & Best Director.  Subsequently, it was released through multiple VOD platforms.

As a Creative Capital- On The Radar Co-Artist, Daniel has also showcased his handmade experimental works in galleries & museums such as The Museum Of Modern Art,  Brooklyn Museum Of Art, Rome’s Maxxi Museum BNL, Mexico’s Cineteca Nacional, Harvard’s CamLab and Miami’s Superblue Art Center. Currently, while having work on the festival circuit, Daniel is also developing a fable-like feature  set in Puerto Rico which was a participant in both the Stowe Story and Cine Qua Non screenwriting labs . As a working filmmaker,  he also has 20 years as a Propmaster in NY and has worked with auteurs such as Pedro Almodóvar and Michael Almereyda  to  talents from Sean Penn, Julianne Moore, Ben Stiller and Tilda Swinton. He has contributed to the production design on  films such as, The Farewell  and Sundance Grand Jury winner, A Thousand And One.