Biography
Filmmaker, film historian, biographer, and professional film archivist Daniel Kremer grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated Temple University's film program and now lives in San Francisco. In 2007, while living in Philadelphia, he directed his first feature Sophisticated Acquaintance (2007). His second feature A Trip to Swadades (2008), which was shot on black-and-white super-16mm film, won three Best Feature Film awards. Following that film's international festival tour (which included Rotterdam), he moved to New York City, where he lived for nearly seven years. At one point, he studied to be an Orthodox rabbi, but gave it up to continue pursuing film. In 2011, he completed his acclaimed follow-up feature, The Idiotmaker's Gravity Tour (2011). The film was lensed predominantly in India. Subsequent to that, he directed Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015), Ezer Kenegdo (2017), Overwhelm the Sky (2019), and Even Just (2020) in the San Francisco Bay Area, using independent filmmaking icon Rob Nilsson's regular cast and crew. The critically lauded Overwhelm the Sky was given special coverage for having been released in the classic epic "roadshow" format, and was picked up for…
Directed
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Dead Neon: The Many Faces of Lenny Bruce on Film (2023) — Director
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Ezer Kenegdo (2017) — Director
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A Trip to Swadades (2008) — Director
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Raise Your Kids on Seltzer (2015) — Director
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Sophisticated Acquaintance (2007) — Director
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The Idiotmaker's Gravity Tour (2011) — Director
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Overwhelm the Sky (2019) — Director
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Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders (2025) — Director
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Countercurrents — Director
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Even Just — Director
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A Collection of Chemicals (2009) — Director
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Sidney J. Furie: Fire Up the Carousel! — Director
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It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point (2023) — Director
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A Simple Game of Catch (2012) — Director
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Paralyzed Segments: Suzanne Pleshette Tangled Up in Codes (2022) — Director
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La Vie en Gris: The Anglophone Louis Malle in Seven Pictures (2022) — Director
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Cinema of the Pilpul: A Talmudic View of Early Holocaust Cinema (2023) — Director
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Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur (2023) — Director
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Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director (2024) — Director
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Elective Vicissitudes: The Radical Exiles of Jules Dassin (2023) — Director
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The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger (2022) — Director
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Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount (2023) — Director
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Ammo for Shooting Clouds: John G. Avildsen Before Rocky (2022) — Director
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Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff Vision (2022) — Director
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Equinox Expressway (2022) — Director
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Charles at the Threshold (2006) — Director
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The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-1972 (2022) — Director
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Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024) — Director
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Now, Irving Rapper (2026) — Director
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A Man of Potential: Visions of Paul Wendkos, the Godard of Gidget (2026) — Director
Also appeared in
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Ezer Kenegdo (2017) — Izzy Jonigkeyt
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Dead Neon: The Many Faces of Lenny Bruce on Film (2023) — Narrator
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William Wyler: Forty Takes Willy (2025) — Himself
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Love Left the Masquerade: Peter Medak's Cinema of Pretenders (2025) — Narrator
- Danny and the Scatman (1999) — Self
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It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point (2023) — Narrator
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Xenolith Atlas (2022)
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The Fourth Movement (2017) — Ari
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Arid Cut (2019) — Judd
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Paralyzed Segments: Suzanne Pleshette Tangled Up in Codes (2022) — Narrator
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La Vie en Gris: The Anglophone Louis Malle in Seven Pictures (2022) — Narrator
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Cinema of the Pilpul: A Talmudic View of Early Holocaust Cinema (2023) — Narrator
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Ben Fries the Slaves (2007) — Dan Kramer
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The Wind Blows Where It Wishes (2011) — Don Marco
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Survival Scars: Franklin J. Schaffner as Auteur (2023) — Narrator
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David Cronenberg Presents Wireless Internet (2006) — Dan Kramer
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Ammo for Shooting Clouds: John G. Avildsen Before Rocky (2022) — Narrator
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Looking to Get Out: A Comparative Analysis of the Ted Kotcheff Vision (2022) — Narrator
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The Brando Interregnum: The Decade of Marlon's Dirty Dozen 1962-1972 (2022) — Narrator
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Jack of Three Trades: In Focus on Nicholson the Director (2024) — Narrator (voice)
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Elective Vicissitudes: The Radical Exiles of Jules Dassin (2023) — Narrator
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The Great Ecstasy of Tree-Climber Otto, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Late Preminger (2022) — Narrator
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Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount (2023) — Narrator
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Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano (2024) — Narrator
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Now, Irving Rapper (2026) — Narrator
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A Man of Potential: Visions of Paul Wendkos, the Godard of Gidget (2026) — Narrator