P.E. - Trailer
Writer/Director
A heavy-set teenager braves the nightmare of P.E. swim class.
An MFA thesis film at Loyola Marymount University.
Official Selection -
2024 Beverly Hills International Film Festival.
Refraction (2021)
Writer/Director
An elderly woman must face her traumatic past while trapped inside purgatory as she races to replace her film projector's burnt-out bulb before her memories fade away.
That Shadow My Likeness (2020)
Written/Director/Editor
While hiking in the woods, a man's image is duplicated by a mysterious cloaked creature, determined to usurp his identity. Based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman.
Noise (2020)
Writer/Director/Editor
A man awakens to an unsettling reality—he's being entombed alive beneath a mountain of trophies, certificates, and medals. An avant-garde exploration of the profound emptiness lurking beneath the surface of accolades.
Grieving the sudden loss of his wife, a man seeks solace at a facility where he can erase the haunting memory forever.
Memories (2019)
Director
Modern Manhatta
NYU Sight & Sound Films (2019)
Writer/Director/Editor
This channel is a collection of films created as a visiting student in the Sight and Sound Filmmaking course at New York University.
Modern Manhatta is a contemporary reimagining of the 1921 film, Manhatta, by Paul Strand & Charles Sheeler
A visualization of the poem "Summer Storm" by Dana Gioia about two people who have a connection outside of a wedding party that remains as an intense memory long into the future.
Summer Storm (2019)
Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Unloaded (2019)
Director
During a home invasion, a husband and wife have an argument over gun control in America.
A recluse ventures out of his secluded RV in search of a match to light his birthday cake.
Created for the Hampton Roads 48HR Film Project.
The Match (2018)
Co-Director
About
Daniel Colella is a filmmaker from Norfolk, Virginia. Although having had an affinity for critiquing and analyzing English Literature and Poetry, Daniel had only initially enjoyed films at surface value, as pure entertainment, never considering the multi-level meanings and elevated craft of the work. After what would be a pivotal screening of Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands in a high school film class, Daniel was asked to give meaning beyond what the film showed, to look at every aspect of the film from lighting, to acting, to set and beyond. It was as if a lightbulb went off in his head, a passion was born, and Daniel was propelled on his journey into filmmaking.
As an undergraduate student at The College of Charleston, Daniel earned his degree in English and Film Studies while also leading the school's Film Club in creating over 10 films in 3 years and executive producing video productions at the school's independent news and media organization, CisternYard Media. After graduating, Daniel continued his journey heading cross-country to Los Angeles, where he pursued a Master of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production at top rated film school, Loyola Marymount University. Daniel's graduate thesis film, P.E., premiered at the 2024 Beverly Hills International Film Festival and his next directorial project, 08/03/1967, is a historical and investigative documentary, executive-produced by Oscar-winner Daniel Junge (Saving Face). The film will begin its festival run upon completion this summer.
Daniel has worked for Oscar-nominated directors, Oscar-winning producers, and led both undergraduate and graduate school film organizations. He has interned with The Red Door Films as an assistant to Oscar-nominated Director, Matia Karrell, on a WWII documentary. Additionally, he has interned in Film Development with Catchlight Films and FirstGen Content. With his MFA completed, Daniel now works in New York City as a contract Assistant Producer for Brunswick Creative, where he recently production managed, line produced, and first assistant directed a $200K+ production.