
Directing
Dan Trachtenberg
Born
1981-05-11 (45)
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
19 titles
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 of 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 hosted at Revision3. He directed the 2011 short film Portal: No Escape, an e…
Known for
7.8Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Predator: Badlands
2025
7.6When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.
Prey
2022
8.0If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons, and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again!
Scam School
2008
7.0After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
7.8While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
Predator: Killer of Killers
2025
NRThe Totally Rad Show is the summer blockbuster of geek news shows. Every week, hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata rip into the world of movies, video games, tv, comics, and more and pull out what's rad.
The Totally Rad Show
2007
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
7.4In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called "happy accident" defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.
Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
Hour-long round table discussion between Jonathan and Josh Baker and renowned filmmakers including 10 Cloverfield Lane director Dan Trachtenberg, Swiss Army Man directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, legendary special features producer Laurent Bouzereau (Jaws, Back to the Future, Ready Player One) and special features godfather Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy, Tusk).
Learned Behavior: Special Features at Work
2018
Series credits
8.0If Harvard offered a PhD in deceit, this would be it. Award-winning magician Brian Brushwood takes viewers on an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons, and scams. If you watch carefully, you'll never have to pay for a drink again!
Scam School
2008
NRThe Totally Rad Show is the summer blockbuster of geek news shows. Every week, hosts Alex Albrecht, Dan Trachtenberg, and Jeff Cannata rip into the world of movies, video games, tv, comics, and more and pull out what's rad.
The Totally Rad Show
2007
Behind the camera
7.8Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Predator: Badlands
2025
7.8Cast out from his clan, a young Predator finds an unlikely ally in a damaged android and embarks on a treacherous journey in search of the ultimate adversary.
Predator: Badlands
2025
7.6When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.
Prey
2022
7.0After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
10 Cloverfield Lane
2016
7.8While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
Predator: Killer of Killers
2025
7.8While three of the fiercest warriors in human history—a Viking raider, a ninja in feudal Japan, and a WWII pilot—are killers in their own right, they are merely prey for their new opponent: the ultimate killer of killers.
Predator: Killer of Killers
2025
Said to be an original idea that takes the Sleeping Beauty story in an entirely new direction with Trachtenberg's distinct sensibility.
Untitled Sleeping Beauty Film
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Said to be an original idea that takes the Sleeping Beauty story in an entirely new direction with Trachtenberg's distinct sensibility.
Untitled Sleeping Beauty Film
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NRA family vacation turns into a nightmare when fun Uncle Freddy accidentally kills the Boogeyman and takes on his powers.
Freddy the 13th
2028
NRA family vacation turns into a nightmare when fun Uncle Freddy accidentally kills the Boogeyman and takes on his powers.
Freddy the 13th
2028
The story follows two paramedics who get “more than they can chew” when responding to a 911 house call.
More Than You Can Chew
2011
Plot details TBA.
Untitled Dan Trachtenberg/Paramount Pictures Project
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Plot details TBA.
Untitled Dan Trachtenberg/Paramount Pictures Project
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9.0In a soccer showdown where the bully has all the advantages, J.C. must find the courage to unleash his skill, defend his friend, and emerge as a hero.
Kickin'
2003
9.0In a soccer showdown where the bully has all the advantages, J.C. must find the courage to unleash his skill, defend his friend, and emerge as a hero.
Kickin'
2003
