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Dan Kwan is an American actor, film director, and screenwriter born in Massachusetts in 1988. He is a member of the creative duo known as Daniels, working in partnership with Daniel Scheinert. Kwan speaks English and holds citizenship in the United States. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America West.
Kwan has received the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Writing for Original Screenplay, and the Academy Award for Best Picture. He also won the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director. Additionally, he has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. Kwan has been recognized in the Academy Award Best Director and Academy Award Best Original Screenplay collections.
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Westborough, Massachusetts, USA
Daniel Kwan (born February 10, 1988) is an American filmmaker and one-half of the filmmaking duo known as the Daniels, alongside Daniel Scheinert. He began his career as a director of music videos, including ones for "Houdini" (2012) by Foster the People and "Turn Down for What" (2013) by DJ Snake and Lil Jon, both of which earned Grammy Award nominations. Kwan co-wrote and co-directed the…
Known for
- Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage — Self2022
- Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once — Self2022
- Learned Behavior: Special Features at Work — Self2018
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self2015
- Interesting Ball — Daniel2014
- Puppets2011
- My Best Friend's Wedding/My Best Friend's Sweating2011
- Balance — Boy2009
- Swingers — Jon Favreau2009
- Tides of the Heart2009
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- human
- Part of
- Daniels
- Given name
- Daniel
- Family name
- Guan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Massachusetts
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- partner in business or sport
- Daniel Scheinert
- social media followers
- 55040
- date of birth
- 1988-02-10
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Picture
- medical condition
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- member of
- Writers Guild of America West
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- Daniel Kwan
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