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Danny Leiner

Television Director / Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 05/13/1961 († 57, 10/18/2018) | New York City / NYC (United States of America (USA))
Daniel Leiner (May 13, 1961 – October 18, 2018) was an American film and television director. He was best known for directing the stoner comedy films Dude, Where's My Car? and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. He was born in Manhattan, New York, in 1961. Leiner also directed a wide range of television shows, including Arrested Development, Everwood, Gilmore Girls, Freaks and Geeks, Sports Night, Felicity, Action, The Tick, Austin Stories, The Mind of the Married Man ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Documentaries

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Layin' Low is a 1996 film directed by Danny Leiner and stars Jeremy Piven. ...

Layin' Low

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1996 | 1h 36min
Comedy
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Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car. ...

Dude, Where's My Car?

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2000 | 2.8/5 | 1h 23min
Comedy, Science Fiction
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The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City. ...

The Great New Wonderful

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2005 | 2.4/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy, Drama
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Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, ...

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

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2004 | 3.3/5 | 1h 28min
Comedy, Adventure
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Based on Ben Edlund's cult comic, a mysterious blue avenger teams up with an odd group of superheroes to fight crime. ...

The Tick

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2001 | 3.7/5 | 22min per episode
Comedy
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Movies with Danny Leiner as Actor(1)

as himself2013 Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery

Movies with Danny Leiner as Crew(10)

Production/Producer2014 The Young Kieslowski
Directing/Director2010 Backwash
Directing/Director2009 Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Production/Producer2006 The Architect
Directing/Director2005 The Great New Wonderful
Directing/Director2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Directing/Director2000 Dude, Where's My Car?
Directing/Director1996 Layin' Low
Writing/Writer1996 Layin' Low
Directing/Director1992 Time Expired

TV Shows/Series with Danny Leiner as Crew(16)

Directing/Director2010 How to Make It in America
Directing/Director2005 The Office
Directing/Director2003 Arrested Development
Directing/Director2002 Everwood
Directing/Director2001 The Mind of the Married Man
Directing/Director2001 Maybe It's Me
Directing/Director2001 The Tick
Directing/Director2000 Gilmore Girls
Directing/Director2000 Opposite Sex
Directing/Director1999 Strangers with Candy
Directing/Director1999 Freaks and Geeks
Directing/Director1999 The Sopranos
Directing/Director1998 Sports Night
Directing/Director1998 Felicity
Directing/Director1996 Remember WENN
Directing/Director1994 Party of Five

Full Name: Danny Leiner
Born: Saturday, 05/13 1961 (May) in New York City / NYC (United States of America (USA))
Died: Thursday, 10/18 2018 (October) in Los Angeles (aged: 57)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Educated at: State University of New York at Purchase, John Dewey High School
Other names for Danny Leiner (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Daniel Leiner"
Danny Leiner frequently works together with these people:
Paul Feig (8x, Crew)
Ron Howard (6x, Crew)
Stephen Colbert (6x, Actor)
Terence Winter (6x, Crew)
Peter Lauer (6x, Crew)
Paul Lieberstein (6x, Crew)
Dolores Duffy (6x, Cast)
J.J. Abrams (5x, Crew)
Tom Virtue (5x, Actor)
Brian Grazer (5x, Crew)
Ian Edelman (5x, Crew)
Edie Falco (4x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:955413, Added: 11/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024