Myrick, Daniel 1964(?)–

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Myrick, Daniel 1964(?)–

PERSONAL

Born c. 1964 (some sources say 1963), in Sarasota, FL. Education: University of Central Florida Film School, B.A., film, 1994.

Addresses: Agent—Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Media Talent Group, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 550, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Director, screenwriter, editor, producer, cinematographer, and actor. Filmmaker's Alliance, Universal Studios, Orlando, FL, founder, 1993; Haxan Films, cofounder (with Eduardo Sanchez), 1997; Gear Head Pictures, founder, 2001; Raw Feed, partner. Appeared in print ad for John Dewar & Sons Co. Whiskey, 1999. Also worked as a waiter and sod layer.

Awards, Honors: Alam Award, Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, 1992, for a music video; national Charlie Award, 1995, for a documentary; Netizen's Choice Award (with Eduardo Sanchez), Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, Special Mention (with Sanchez) and Best Film nomination (with Sanchez), Catalonian International Film Festival, Award of the Youth (with Sanchez), Cannes Film Festival, 1999, OFCS Award nomination (with Sanchez), best debut, Online Film Critics Society, Bram Stoker Award nomination (with Sanchez), best screenplay, Independent Spirit Award (with others), best first feature—under $500,0000, Golden Orange Award (with others), Florida Film Critics Circle, 2000, all for The Blair Witch Project.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Editor, All Shook Up, 1999.

Director and editor, The Blair Witch Project, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Executive producer, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (also known as BW2, BWP2, and Book of Shadows: Blair Witch Project 2), Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

Director, Solstice, 2006.

Film Appearances:

Voice of interviewer, Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch (also known as An Exploration of the Blair Witch Legend), 1999.

Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment, 1999.

Television Work; Series:

Executive consultant, Freakylinks, Fox, 2000.

Television Director; Specials:

Curse of the Blair Witch, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999.

Television Work; Pilots:

Producer, Freakylinks, Fox, 2000.

Director, cinematographer, and editor, The Strand, 2004.

Television Worked; Episodic:

Worked as a director, cinematographer, and editor, Split Screen, Independent Film Channel.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Representative: Haxan Films, Blair Witch Volume 1: Rustin Parr, Gathering of Developers, 2000.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Blair Witch Project, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Television Specials:

Curse of the Blair Witch, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999. Solstice, 2006.

Television Pilots:

The Strand, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, December 24, 1999, p. 26.

Newsweek, August 16, 1999, p. 44.

Time, August 16, 1999, p. 58.

Variety, November 3, 2003, p. 5.