Personal details
- Birth Date: 1963-09-03
- Birth Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Professions: Writer, Director, Producer
Daniel Myrick, born in sunny Sarasota, Florida, in ‘63, is the guy whose name you probably know if you ever got freaked out by The Blair Witch Project back in the late ‘90s. Seriously, that movie turned the whole found-footage thing into a total phenomenon, and Myrick was right at the center of that madness. He didn’t just ride the wave, he created it. Before Blair Witch, horror movies didn’t really make you wonder if the footage was real or not—he messed with everyone’s heads in the best possible way. People were legit arguing in parking lots about whether those kids actually got lost in the woods. But Myrick didn’t stop at Blair Witch. He kept the spooky vibes rolling with Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 in 2000. Now, that one’s a bit divisive—some folks dig the meta angle, others are like, “Eh, I’ll stick with the original.” Either way, it’s got his fingerprints all over it. Then a few years later, he switched lanes with The Objective in 2008, mixing supernatural spooks with military drama in Afghanistan. Again, he’s playing with reality, making you question what’s actually going down out there in the desert. Myrick’s got a knack for taking simple concepts—being lost in the woods, soldiers on a mission—and cranking the tension up so high you start sweating just watching. Not the flashiest director out there, but if you want someone who’ll mess with your mind, he’s your guy.
movies trivia nGraduated from the University of Central Florida School of Film back in ‘94—yeah, that’s pre-digital everything, when you had to lug around canisters and splice film by hand. It’s wild thinking about how much the industry’s flipped since then. You had people grinding it out in dark, musty editing rooms instead of tapping away on laptops at coffee shops. UCF’s film program wasn’t exactly famous back then, either—more like a scrappy underdog, pumping out a few passionate hopefuls every year. But hey, some of those grads went on to stir things up in Hollywood, proving you didn’t need to come from NYU or USC to make noise. The mid-90s were a weird, electric time for indie films, too. So if you spot a filmmaker with this alma mater in their credits, there’s a good chance they’ve got that old-school DIY spirit baked in.
September 3, 1963
Konidela Ram Charan
Sarasota, Florida, USA
61 years old