Daniel Griffith

Career Overview

Daniel Griffith has 133 screen credits in a career dating back to 2000. Signature works include Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures, They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé, Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

133

Known For

• 

  Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures
• 

  They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
• 

  Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star
• 

  Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals
• 

  Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
• 

  Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

Frequent Collaborators

• Charles Band (2 collaborations)
• Jeffrey Combs (2 collaborations)
• LeeAnne Baker (1 collaborations)
• Richard Band (1 collaborations)
• Luca Bercovici (1 collaborations)
• Jeffrey Byron (1 collaborations)
• John Carl Buechler (1 collaborations)
• Everett Burrell (1 collaborations)
• John "Bud" Cardos (1 collaborations)
• Barbara Crampton (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (59 credits)

  • Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal

    director

    directing
    2025
  • That's Hicksploitation: The Origin of Southern Sinema

    director

    directing
    2024
  • A Celebration of Tenacity

    director

    directing
    2024
  • Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

    director

    directing
    2024
  • One Step Further: Becoming Lumet

    director

    directing
    2023
  • Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Richard E. Cunha: Filmmaker of the Unknown

    director

    directing
    2021
  • The Infinitesimal: Remembering the Shrinking Man

    director

    directing
    2021
  • The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

    director

    directing
    2021
  • It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film

    director

    directing
    2021
  • Beyond the Movie: That's Sharkploitation!

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

    director

    directing
    2020
  • This Is the Inner Sanctum: Making a Universal Mystery Series

    director

    directing
    2020
  • The Creaking Door: Entering the Inner Sanctum

    director

    directing
    2020
  • The Mysterious Life of Zita Johann

    director

    directing
    2020
  • That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

    director

    directing
    2020
  • The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal

    director

    directing
    2020
  • Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

    director

    directing
    2019
  • American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

    director

    directing
    2019
  • The Ring Legacy

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Of Mushrooms And Madmen: The Making Of The Mole People

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Ticket to Die: Steve Haberman on Horror Express

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Night Train to Nowhere: Ted Newsom on Bernard Gordon

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Retribution: Uncovering John Carpenter's 'The Fog'

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Return to Party Beach

    director

    directing
    2018
  • A Sigh from the Depths: 40 Years of Suspiria

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing

    director

    directing
    2017
  • 1982: One Amazing Summer!

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Afterbirth: The Evolution of 'Species'

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko'

    director

    directing
    2016
  • The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner

    director

    directing
    2016
  • They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé

    director

    directing
    2016
  • It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Hands: The Fate of 'Manos'

    director

    directing
    2015
  • A Decade Under the Innocence: Adventures in Super 8 Filmmaking

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Return to Oldfield: Making from a Whisper to a Scream

    director

    directing
    2015
  • Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The Devil's Bloody Plaything: Possessed by Hands of the Ripper

    director

    directing
    2013
  • The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

    director

    directing
    2013
  • Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

    director

    directing
    2012
  • The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil

    director

    directing
    2012
  • Trail of the Creeper: Making The Brute Man

    director

    directing
    2012
  • The Human Blarney Stone: The Life and Films of Brian Desmond Hurst

    director

    directing
    2011
  • Jam Handy to the Rescue!

    director

    directing
    2011
  • The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

    director

    directing
    2010
  • The Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star

    director

    directing
    2010
  • Dark Side of Eden

    director

    directing
    2008
  • The Battle of Chickamauga

    co-director

    directing
    2007
  • Maybe It's Better not to Win - Scoring Searching for Bobby Fischer

    director

    directing
    2000

• production (34 credits)

  • Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

    producer

    production
    2026
  • Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

    producer

    production
    2024
  • One Step Further: Becoming Lumet

    producer

    production
    2023
  • Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

    producer

    production
    2022
  • Richard E. Cunha: Filmmaker of the Unknown

    producer

    production
    2021
  • The Infinitesimal: Remembering the Shrinking Man

    producer

    production
    2021
  • The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

    producer

    production
    2021
  • It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film

    producer

    production
    2021
  • Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

    producer

    production
    2020
  • No Turning Back: Scoring Silent Running

    producer

    production
    2020
  • This Is the Inner Sanctum: Making a Universal Mystery Series

    producer

    production
    2020
  • The Creaking Door: Entering the Inner Sanctum

    producer

    production
    2020
  • The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal

    producer

    production
    2020
  • American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal

    producer

    production
    2019
  • Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

    producer

    production
    2019
  • Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos

    producer

    production
    2019
  • Of Mushrooms And Madmen: The Making Of The Mole People

    producer

    production
    2019
  • Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld

    producer

    production
    2018
  • Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing

    producer

    production
    2017
  • 1982: One Amazing Summer!

    producer

    production
    2017
  • The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner

    producer

    production
    2016
  • It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story

    producer

    production
    2015
  • Hands: The Fate of 'Manos'

    producer

    production
    2015
  • A Decade Under the Innocence: Adventures in Super 8 Filmmaking

    producer

    production
    2015
  • Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000

    producer

    production
    2013
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey

    producer

    production
    2013
  • Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal!

    producer

    production
    2012
  • Trail of the Creeper: Making The Brute Man

    producer

    production
    2012
  • The Human Blarney Stone: The Life and Films of Brian Desmond Hurst

    producer

    production
    2011
  • Jam Handy to the Rescue!

    producer

    production
    2011
  • The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus

    producer

    production
    2010
  • Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star

    producer

    production
    2010
  • Dark Side of Eden

    producer

    production
    2008
  • Maybe It's Better not to Win - Scoring Searching for Bobby Fischer

    producer

    production
    2000

• writing (4 credits)

  • Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures

    writer

    writing
    2026
  • Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

    writer

    writing
    2019
  • The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

    screenplay

    writing
    2013
  • The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil

    writer

    writing
    2012

• editing (26 credits)

  • A Celebration of Tenacity

    editor

    editing
    2024
  • Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals

    editor

    editing
    2024
  • One Step Further: Becoming Lumet

    editor

    editing
    2023
  • Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

    editor

    editing
    2022
  • The Infinitesimal: Remembering the Shrinking Man

    editor

    editing
    2021
  • The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune

    editor

    editing
    2021
  • It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film

    editor

    editing
    2021
  • Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood

    editor

    editing
    2020
  • The Mysterious Life of Zita Johann

    editor

    editing
    2020
  • That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death

    editor

    editing
    2020
  • Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School

    editor

    editing
    2019
  • American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal

    editor

    editing
    2019
  • Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf

    editor

    editing
    2019
  • Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos

    editor

    editing
    2019
  • Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld

    editor

    editing
    2018
  • Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing

    editor

    editing
    2017
  • It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story

    editor

    editing
    2015
  • Hands: The Fate of 'Manos'

    editor

    editing
    2015
  • A Decade Under the Innocence: Adventures in Super 8 Filmmaking

    editor

    editing
    2015
  • Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000

    editor

    editing
    2013
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey

    editor

    editing
    2013
  • The Human Blarney Stone: The Life and Films of Brian Desmond Hurst

    editor

    editing
    2011
  • Jam Handy to the Rescue!

    editor

    editing
    2011
  • Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star

    editor

    editing
    2010
  • The Battle of Chickamauga

    editor

    editing
    2007
  • Maybe It's Better not to Win - Scoring Searching for Bobby Fischer

    editor

    editing
    2000

• crew (7 credits)

  • American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal

    cinematography

    crew
    2019
  • The Ring Legacy

    cinematography

    crew
    2019
  • Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos

    cinematography

    crew
    2019
  • Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld

    cinematography

    crew
    2018
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey

    cinematography

    crew
    2013
  • Jam Handy to the Rescue!

    cinematography

    crew
    2011
  • The Battle of Chickamauga

    cinematography

    crew
    2007

• camera (3 credits)

  • Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing

    director of photography

    camera
    2017
  • Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000

    director of photography

    camera
    2013
  • That's Sexploitation!

    camera operator

    camera
    2013