Daniel Goldhaber

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Daniel Goldhaber
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Alma mater Harvard University (BA)
Occupation(s)director, screenwriter, producer
Known for Cam, How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Daniel Goldhaber is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2018, he directed Cam , a psychological horror film set in the world of webcam pornography. In 2022, he co-wrote, directed, and produced the thriller film How to Blow Up a Pipeline , based on the book of the same name by Andreas Malm.

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Career

Goldhaber grew up in a Jewish family and attended Harvard University where he completed the Visual and Environmental Studies film program. [1] While an undergraduate, he wrote, produced, and directed the 2013 short film Bad Kid, which was selected as a short film of the month by Cinephilia and Beyond. [2] He also worked as an assistant editor on Chasing Ice , the Academy Award-nominated documentary about the Extreme Ice Survey. [3]

Goldhaber's first feature was the 2018 horror film Cam , a Netflix original movie produced by Blumhouse Productions, starring Madeline Brewer. The Guardian called it "an excellent exploration of personas and projection online," [4] and The New York Times said it "upend[ed] the typical thriller trope of the sex worker as helpless victim" [5]

In 2022, he wrote, produced, and directed How to Blow Up a Pipeline , an adaptation of Andreas Malm's 2021 nonfiction Verso book of the same name. [6] [7] The film had its festival premiere in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival [8] [9] and will be released theatrically by NEON in 2023. [10] [11] It stars Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, and Irene Bedard. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerEditorNotes
2012The SummerYesYesYesYesShort film
2013Bad KidYesYesYesYes
2018 Cam YesStory byNoNo Directorial debut
2020In Sudden DarknessNoNoExecutiveNoShort film
2022 How to Blow Up a Pipeline YesYesYesNo
TBA Faces of Death YesYesNoNo

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2020 50 States of Fright YesYesEpisode: "Red Rum (Colorado)" [12]

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References

  1. "Exclusive Interview: "CAM" Creators Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber on Horror and the Sex Trade, Part One". 15 November 2018.
  2. "Daniel Goldhaber's 'Bad Kid': A Vision Startlingly Devoid of Comfort". 10 October 2014.
  3. "Chasing Ice Credits".
  4. Adegoke, Yomi (21 September 2020). "My streaming gem: why you should watch Cam". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. Catsoulis, Jeannette (15 November 2018). "'Cam' Review: The Techno-Perils of Online Performance". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 Kuplowsky, Peter. "How to Blow Up a Pipeline".
  7. How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Live in a World on Fire. Verso Books. January 2021. ISBN   9781839760259 . Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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  11. Ritman, Alex (13 September 2022). "TIFF: Neon Acquires Eco-Terrorist Thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline'" . Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  12. Porter, Rick (3 Oct 2019). "Rachel Brosnahan, Christina Ricci to Star in Quibi Horror Anthology". The Hollywood Reporter.