Daniel Druhora

ABOUT

WRITER | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER

Daniel is an Emmy-winning filmmaker whose work follows ordinary people caught in the sweep of extraordinary global forces. Whether documenting students engineering life-saving solutions in conflict zones (Lives Not Grades), a mother battling addiction beneath Alaska’s northern lights (Frequency of Hope), or the hidden architects of the early internet (Cloudwalkers), his films explore the charged intersection of humanity and history. His work has appeared on PBS, Amazon, ARTE, RTÉ, MUBI, TG4, ARD and at festivals around the world.

An educator and science + tech communicator at the University of Southern California, he also teaches courses in filmmaking and innovation for global challenges and is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Filmography

Completed

Frequency Of Hope

Flowing Forward

Lives, Not Grades

Cloudwalkers

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

Long Distance Swimmer

Sean

The LEGO Movie

Gangster Squad

Elie’s Overcoat

Coming Soon

I Created

Road To LA

Ways Of Comprehending

Lives, Not Grades: Faces Of Courage

Mnemora

Screenwriting

Climbers

A young Rwandan cyclist shaped by unimaginable loss chases redemption on the steep mountains that nearly killed him, rising from obscurity to become a symbol of resilience—if he can outrun the past still chasing him.

Project Morphem

After his impossible plasma-engine design resurfaces in a Russian weapons test, a disgraced rocket scientist is thrust into a global hunt exposing a covert war, a past betrayal, and a weapon powerful enough to erase entire cities.

Elie’s Overcoat

When WW2 dawns on Transylvania, two best friends from completely opposite backgrounds are torn apart, beginning an epic journey across Europe which will determine not only the fate of their friendship but that of hundreds of lives.

Marjan

In a city collapsing under war, a rebellious young skateboarder discovers refuge in an abandoned zoo, where her growing connection with a captive lion becomes the key to surviving the violence closing in around them.

Prophet Of Fire

Inspired by the prophet Elijah, a reluctant wanderer is pulled back into a nation he no longer recognizes, where a corrupt court and a forgotten God set him on a collision course defined by drought, betrayal, and fire.

Podcast

Escape Velocity – Episode 1 “Conversations with Black Faculty”

Dr. Timothy Pinkston and Dr. Stacey Finley, two pastor’s kids who became leading figures in STEM, talk about the burdens of being first and how their experiences in academia have been shaped by being #BlackInTheIvory.