Dan Trachtenberg
Dan Trachtenberg
11.05.1981 (43 years) ( Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S)
Dan Trachtenberg (born May 11, 1981) is an American filmmaker and podcast host. Born into a Jewish family, he cites Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby and the Kabbalistic idea of the Golem as formative influences on his desire to become a director. He directed the 2016 horror-thriller film 10 Cloverfield Lane. Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of The Totally Rad Show podcast and was a former co-host of the Geekdrome podcast. He also directed episodes for the Ctrl+Alt+Chicken podcast. All three programs were hosted at Revision3. Trachtenberg is also the director of the 2011 short film Portal: No Escape, an episode of Black Mirror entitled "Playtest" and the director of various television commercials and public service announcements. He is slated to direct the series premiere episode of The Boys, which will air in 2019.