Dennis Daniel
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Dennis Daniel has been a creative figure in radio, TV and film criticism for over 25 years. His regular voice and many character voices have been heard on thousands of radio and TV commercials throughout the United States.
In the 1980s, he was one of the key figures in horror film and underground comics journalism, writing articles and reviews for many publications including FANGORIA, FILM THREAT, PSYCHOTRONIC MAGAZINE, DEEP RED, THE COMICS JOURNAL, and COMIC BUYERS GUIDE.
After a 17-year full time career in Long Island radio as a DJ, copywriter, voice performer and director at stations WBAB 102.3 FM (12 years) and WLIR 101.5 FM (5 years), Daniel entered the advertising field in 1989 as a no-holds-barred creative director whose unique style has enhanced print, radio and television campaigns for hundreds of high-profile advertisers, nationwide.
His work has been recognized with dozens of writing and performance awards, including the coveted Clio Award. He is also an accomplished lecturer and convention guest who has spoken about film and the creative process all over the world, most recently at The School Of Visual Arts and as a guest of the state of Israel.
He is the author of two published works, The Famous Monsters Chronicles (1992), a book celebrating the horror film field and the magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, and Tales Of The Tape (1997), an omnibus collection of stories about his years in radio published by the NAB (National Association of Broadcasters).
His friendship with director, actor and special FX make-up artist Tom Savini led to a cameo as a flesh-eating "garage mechanic" zombie in the 1990 remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. He will also be featured in the upcoming re-release of the Roy Frumkes directed living dead film documentary DOCUMENT OF THE DEAD.
Dennis Daniel currently serves as the Senior Broadcast Creative Director at one of the largest advertising agencies in New York, where he writes, voices and produces hundreds of radio and TV commercials every year.
Daniel, along with writer/musician/producer Tom Schizano, has also produced original radio station imaging CDs heard all over the world for both FIRSTCOM and 5 ALARM MUSIC. A brand new "Ear Candy" series will be making its worldwide debut in 2008 for 5 Alarm.
in 1998 and 1999 Daniel produced two double CDs based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, featuring local and international voice over artists and musicians. The series, THE POE PROJECT was created to raise money for children's arts charities. Find out more at: www.poeproject.org.
Along with his advertising duties, Daniel is a film critic for FILMS IN REVIEW (the oldest film magazine in the world) and the cultural website HERE COME THE WILD DOGS.COM. Read his reviews at www.filmsinreview.com and www.herecomethewilddogs.com.
Daniel is also the creator and host of THE ALBUM ROCK SHOW, which was heard every Saturday from 10AM to 2PM on 98.5FM The BONE on Long Island. This four hour rock radio program was the only one on commercial radio in New York that was programmed by the DJ himself! Daniel showed up every Saturday with a suitcase full of CDs and played an eclectic music mix of rock classics, deep cuts and various genre spinoffs. The show was co-hosted by his son, Sean Daniel. Guests on the show included members of the seminal rock group ZEBRA, filmmaker Roy Frumkes and Monty Python member Terry Jones. The history of the show, songs and artists that are played, photos and free downloads are available at www.albumrockshow.com.
THE ODDFATHER is a cartoon project in progress that was written by Daniel and his friend Pete Sussi. Sussi is an expert 3-D animator and is currently in the process of doing all the animation himself. It is part mob story, part David Lynchian fantasy. To find out more, visit: http://sussidesign.com/oddfather2/
KID FITNESS
Daniel is currently doing the voices of several puppet characters for the popular PBS children's educational show KID FITNESS. He is currently doing the voice of "Tree" and "Izzy" (the worm). As the show progresses, Daniel will be doing even more characters. He has just recently been asked to WRITE for the program as well...and will be doing so, with his writing partner, well know producer/writer/director Roy Frumkes.
TIN TOY TRAUMA
The animated 3D short TIN TOY TRAUMA, written and voiced by Daniel, and conceived and animated by Mike Baumis, will soon be making its world premier as both an animated short and as part of an episode of KID FITNESS. It tells the tale of two wind-up tin toys who end up having a race with destiny! It features a short story poem, written and voice by Daniel, in the Dr. Seuss vain, with original music by Tom Schizano. It can be viewed in its raw form (no sound effects or music yet) at: http://www.baumis.com/3d/tintoys.mov
Daniel's books are also available on Amazon.com. Just type his name as author or the titles.
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