Dan Trachtenberg

Dan Trachtenberg (born May 11, 1981) is an American filmmaker and podcast host. He is best known for directing the films ''10 Cloverfield Lane'' (2016) and ''Prey'' (2022)'','' the former earning him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. For television, he directed the pilot episodes of ''The Boys'' (2019) and ''The Lost Symbol'' (2021), the latter on which he also served as an executive producer.

Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of ''The Totally Rad Show'' podcast and 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. He also directed the 2011 short film ''Portal: No Escape'', an episode of ''Black Mirror'' entitled "Playtest", and various television commercials and public service announcements. He is currently developing a TV series adaptation of the 1995 film ''Waterworld''. Provided by Wikipedia