Daniel Sollinger

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Daniel Sollinger
Born
Daniel Sollinger

(1967-05-03) May 3, 1967 (age 58)
Alma mater New York University Tisch School of the Arts
OccupationProducer
Years active1990–present
PartnerFrances Saunders (2003–present)

Daniel Sollinger [1] (born May 3, 1967) is an American producer. He is known for producing films such as Clean, [2] Six Ways to Sunday, Immortality or Bust, [3] The Alphabet Killer, Girls Against Boys, [4] In My Sleep, Without Men, L.A. Slasher, Rhyme and Reason and others.

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Early life and education

Daniel Sollinger was born in Cumberland, Maryland in the United States.

He was educated at Eastside High School in Taylors, South Carolina and started filmmaking in High School by attending the Fine Arts Center in Greenville, South Carolina. [5]

Sollinger is a graduate of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. [6]

Career

Sollinger started his career making music videos with artists such as EPMD, A Tribe Called Quest, Redman, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and LL Cool J. [7]

He has produced commercials and short films for clients such as Pepsi, Warner Bros. Records, CBS, Comedy Central, and Sony. [7]

He produced and directed the documentary film Immortality or Bust. [7] Immortality or Bust won the Breakout Award at the 2019 Raw Science Film Festival and Best Biohacking Awareness Documentary at the GeekFest Toronto 2021. [8] [9] Sollinger produced the documentary film Rhyme & Reason. Rhyme and Reason was in the 35th spot of the 70 Greatest Music Documentaries of All Time by Rolling Stone. [10]

Sollinger won the Award of Excellence for the 2007 independent drama film God's Forgotten House in the feature film category.

He was the 2023 nominee for the KCET documentary series Artbound episode Chinatown Punk Wars which he produced at the Los Angeles Emmy Awards in the Entertainment programming category. [11] [12] [13] Sollinger won the 2024 Los Angeles Press Club Awards for the documentary. [14] [15]

He worked on the film In My Sleep as a line producer, which was the recipient of several awards at different film festivals such as Audience Award at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival, Best Feature Film at the Omaha Film Festival, Best Narrative Film at the Las Vegas Film Festival,the Audience Award at the Kansas City Film Festival and the Gold Kahuna Award at the Honolulu Film Festival. The film he produced L.A. Slasher earned him an Outstanding producer award at the 2014 Zed Film Festival

Sollinger has also won awards from New York University, The American Film Institute and The American Motion Picture Society

He is a member of the Producers Guild of America and a Directors Guild of America production manager.

Personal life

Sollinger has been married to Frances Saunders since 2003.

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleDistributorNotes
1992Jumpin' at the BoneyardLocation Manager 20th Century Fox
1992All I Know IsLocation Manager
1997 Rhyme and Reason Producer Miramax
1997 Six Ways to Sunday Executive ProducerStratosphere Entertainment
1997MinotaurProducerUncredited
1997April VProducer
1998 Modulations: Cinema for the Ear Production Manager
1999Love GogglesProducer
2000 The Intern Location ManagerL'Intern LLC
2000 Everything's Jake First Assistant Director Warner Bros. Pictures
2001BesottedLine Producer
2004 Downtown: A Street Tale Line Producer and First Assistant DirectorUncredited for First Assistant Director
2005Dot.KillLine Producer and Unit Production Manager
2005A Year and a DayFirst Assistant Director
2005 Age of Kali Producer
2005God's Forgotten HouseProducerWinner of the 2007 Award of Excellence in the Feature Film category
2006 Day on Fire Line Producer and Unit Production Manager
2006It Ain't EasyUnit Production Manager
2007 Day Zero Line Producer First Look Studios
2007Stanley CubaFirst Assistant Director
2008 Wicked Lake Production Supervisor
2008 Alone in the Dark II First Assistant DirectorSplendid Film & WVG, Medien GmbH, High Fliers Video Distribution and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
2009The Gods of CircumstanceProducer
2009 Falling Awake Line Producer IFC Films
2009Out of the FogProducer
2009 Duress Line ProducerHollywood Entertainment
2009Take No PrisonersFirst Assistant Director
2010The Putt Putt SyndromeCo-Producer
2010RocksteadyLine Producer
2011 Without Men Line ProducerMaya Entertainment
2012Beyond the TrophyLine Producer
2012 California Winter Producer
2013 Tio Papi Line Producer
2013Blood ShotLine Producer
2014 No Tears for the Dead Line Producer CJ Entertainment South Korean Film
2015 Dark Summer Co-Producer IFC Midnight
2015 Ktown Cowboys Producer Freestyle Releasing
2016The PastorCo-Producer
2019 Immortality or Bust Producer and DirectorGravitas VenturesWinner of the Breakout Award at the 2019 Raw Science Film Festival and Best Biohacking Awareness Documentary at the GeekFest Toronto 2021
2021 Clean Producer IFC Films
2022America's FamilyProducer
2025V13Producer

Television

YearTitleRoleTelevision NetworkNotes
2005The Nueva Estrella AwardsProducer CBS
2009 Deadliest Warrior Line Producer Spike Two Episodes
2010The FuzzFirst Assistant Director Yahoo Screen Television Film
2015Indie Film Hustle ShowIntervieweeIndie Film Hustle TV
2021-2022 Double Cross Executive in charge of Production and Line Producer Allblk Ten Episodes
2023 Artbound Producer KCET The episode Chinatown Punk Wars was the 2023 nominee in the entertainment programming section at the Los Angeles Emmy Awards and was the 2024 Winner of Feature Documentary over 25 minutes at the Los Angeles Press Club Awards

Shorts

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990Heavy PuttingProducerTV Short
1990I'm Fine, Who Are You?ProducerTV Short
1991Dream Analysis HotlineProducerTV Short
1991Dream LineProducerTV Short
1991Fun with Picture PhonesProducerTV Short
1991P.S.IProducerTV Short
1991Phone AbuseProducerTV Short
1991Seeing is BelievingProducerTV Short
1991True Confessions HotlineProducerTV Short
1994The Hardest PartFirst Assistant Director
1994Mind ControlProducer
1996LotteryProducerTV Short
1996RobberyProducerTV Short
1996SleepProducerTV Short
1998The Bar ChannelProducer
1998VerminProducer
2000The Fanatical Teachings of Julian TauFirst Assistant Director
2002Fast ForwardFirst Assistant Director
2002LadiesProducer
2006C.I.E.E.First Assistant Director
2010DemiUrge EmesisCinematographerFirst cinematography credit
2014Knock KnockLine Producer
2014Blame It on the StreetsProducer
2015EmergingLine Producer
2015 Frans Lanting: The Evolution of Life Line Producer
2017America; I TooProducer
2017America's LibraryProducer
2023Leatherface Teaches Fashion DesignProducer
2023Fishers of MenProducer
2024The Open DoorLine Producer
2024AthazagoraCo-Producer

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultNotes
2014Zed Film FestivalOutstanding Producer L.A. Slasher Won
2019Raw Science Film FestivalBreakout Award Immortality or Bust Won
2021GeekFest TorontoBest Biohacking Awareness Documentary Immortality or Bust Won
2023 Los Angeles Emmy Awards Entertainment ProgrammingFor producing the episode Chinatown Punk Wars for Artbound Nominated
2024 Los Angeles Press Awards Feature Documentary over 25 minutesFor producing the episode Chinatown Punk Wars for Artbound Won

References

  1. "The brutal truth about making indie films with Daniel Sollinger". Indie Film Hustle. February 17, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  2. "Adrien Brody's Thriller 'Clean' Lands at IFC Films (Exclusive)". Hollywood Reporter . September 1, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  3. "Elucidating Eternal Life with "Immortality or Bust" (2020) Filmmaker Daniel Sollinger". The Movie Blog. July 2, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  4. "Exclusive Q&A with Girls Against Boys Co-Producer Daniel Sollinger and a New Still". Dread Central . January 18, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  5. "Filmmaker Daniel Sollinger returns to Greenville roots". Greenville Online. February 15, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  6. "Tisch Class Notes". New York University Tisch School of the Arts . January 1, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "About Us". America's Family Movie. January 1, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  8. "The 5th Annual Raw Science Film Festival". Raw Science Film Festival. January 26, 2019. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  9. "Geekfest Toronto 2019". Geekfest Toronto 2019. February 14, 2019. Archived from the original on April 20, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  10. "70 Greatest music documentaries of all time". Rolling Stone . November 25, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  11. "Television academy announces nominees for 76th annual Los Angeles Emmy Awards" (PDF). Los Angeles Emmy Awards . June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  12. "23 Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominations in 12 Categories for PBS SoCal's Locally Produced Programming; Leading All Other LA Broadcasters for Most Recognition This Year". KOCE-TV . June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  13. "KCET, Spectrum News 1 Lead 2024 Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominations, as Sam Rubin Gets Posthumous Nod". Variety . June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  14. "SoCal 66th Annual Awards Winners" (PDF). Los Angeles Press Club . June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
  15. "Los Angeles Press Club Honors PBS SoCal with Ten First Place Honors at Southern California Journalism Awards". KOCE-TV . June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 12, 2025.