Sean Daniel

Sean Peter Daniel (born August 15, 1951) is an American film producer and movie executive.

Life and career Born to a Jewish family, Daniel attended Manhattan's High School of Music & Art, graduating in 1969. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film from the California Institute of the Arts in 1973.

In 1976, he joined Universal Pictures as a film production executive and in 1985, at the age of 34, he became the youngest production president in the studio's history. He has built a nearly 50-year career in the entertainment industry. As a producer and studio executive, Daniel has helped shape the vernacular of modern cinema, overseeing some of the most widely beloved, critically acclaimed films ever made. During his tenure, Daniel supervised the financing and production of such acclaimed National Lampoon's Animal House, Coal Miner's Daughter, The Blues Brothers, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Brazil, Field of Dreams, Do the Right Thing, Back to the Future, Midnight Run, Born on the Fourth of July, Missing, Weird Science, Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, Born in East L.A., Fletch, Rumble Fish, Gorillas in the Mist, Darkman, and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.

Following his tenure as an executive at the studio, Daniel left for The Geffen Film Company before abruptly leaving, and returned to Universal to form its first independent company, The Sean Daniel Company in late 1989 at Universal Pictures, and in 1992, Daniel started Alphaville Films with James Jacks and developed and produced 1999's blockbuster action adventure Mummy starring future Academy Awards winners Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz. Daniel produced the four subsequent films in the global franchise: The Mummy Returns, which launched the film career of Dwayne Johnson, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and The Scorpion King and Mummy. All told, the franchise has earned almost $2 billion worldwide. In 2006, Daniel and Jacks broke up their partnership, and reinstated The Sean Daniel Company in 2006.

Daniel also produced Malcolm D. Lee's hit romantic comedy The Best Man Holiday, the Richard Linklater classic Dazed and Confused, the renowned western Tombstone, Nora Ephron's supernatural comedy Michael, the Coen Brothers's film Intolerable Cruelty, the Chris Rock, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz comedy Down to Earth, the rap-music comedy CB4, also with Chris Rock, and John Woo's first American film, Hard Target. In 2018, Daniel and other partners formed a new company, Hivemind (formerly Mythos), which supplanted the former Sean Daniel Company.

Daniel's recent credits include Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, which he produced with Guillermo Del Toro, Richard Linklater's feature Everybody Wants Some!!, and the documentary Belushi.

He has served as an executive producer on the Netflix's phenomenon The Witcher, Peacock's The Best Man: The Final Chapters, the acclaimed Amazon Prime Video series The Expanse, based on James S.A. Corey's The New York Times best-selling book franchise, and Graceland, from White Collar creator Jeff Eastin. He executive produced the TNT original film Freedom Song, directed by Phil Alden Robinson and starring Danny Glover, HBO's Everyday People; and the USA Network four-hour mini series Attila, starring Gerard Butler.

Selected filmography He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 1991 Pure Luck 1992 American Me 1993 CB4 Executive producer Dazed and Confused Heart and Souls Hard Target Tombstone 1995 Village of the Damned Co-executive producer Mallrats 1996 Michael 1997 The Jackal 1999 The Mummy 2000 Lucky Numbers The Gift Executive producer 2001 Down to Earth The Mummy Returns Pootie Tang Executive producer Rat Race 2002 The Scorpion King Dark Blue 2003 The Hunted Executive producer Intolerable Cruelty Executive producer 2004 Alfie Executive producer 2008 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior Direct-to-video 2010 The Wolfman 2012 The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption Executive producer Direct-to-video 2013 The Best Man Holiday 2015 The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power Executive producer Direct-to-video 2016 Everybody Wants Some!! Executive producer Ben-Hur Hard Target 2 Executive producer Direct-to-video 2017 The Mummy 2018 The Scorpion King: Book of Souls Executive producer Direct-to-video 2019 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 2021 The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf Executive producer

Production manager

Year Film Role Notes 1978 Animal House Executive in charge of production Uncredited 1980 Coal Miner's Daughter 1982 Missing 1985 The Breakfast Club 1985 Back to the Future 1985 Brazil 1985 Fletch 1989 Do the Right Thing 1989 Field of Dreams

As an actor

Year Film Role 1985 Spies Like Us Ace Tomato Driver 1990 Darkman Policeman #2

Thanks

Year Film Role 1995 Mallrats The director would like to thank: For bringing a pedigree to the project 1998 A Simple Plan Thanks

Television Year Title Credit Notes 1996 Don't Look Back Executive producer Television film 2000 Freedom Song Executive producer Television film 2001 Attila Executive producer 2004 Everyday People Executive producer Television film 2013−15 Graceland 2015−2022 The Expanse Executive producer 2019 The Witcher Executive producer 2022 The Witcher: Blood Origin Executive producer