Danny Buday

Danny Buday is a film and TV director, writer and producer. Danny recently directed the romantic comedy Country Christmas Album (2018) for Ion Television and MarVista Entertainment, as well as back-to-back thriller feature films Seduced By A Killer (2018) and The Ex Next Door (2019) for Lifetime Movie Network, Reel One Entertainment and Cartel Pictures. Danny previously directed the romantic comedy Second Chance Christmas (2017) for MarVista Entertainment and the kids adventure film Paws P.I. (2017) for Lionsgate Entertainment, starring Jon Lovitz and Celesta Hodge. Danny also wrote and directed the theatrically released war drama Battle Scars (2015), starring Zane Holtz, Heather McComb, Ryan Eggold, Fairuza Balk, and David James Elliott. Battle Scars world premiered at the G.I. Film Festival and won the Founders' Choice Award (Jury Award) for Best Feature Film. Battle Scars was released theatrically nationwide by distributor Gravitas Ventures in 2017 and is now available on the Showtime network. Danny's feature directorial debut was the successful, independent film 5 Star Day (2010), starring Cam Gigandet and Jena Malone. 5 Star Day won the Jury Award for Best Feature at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York and was the Opening Night Gala Film at the Newport Beach Film Festival. In addition, 5 Star Day was the Closing Night FIlm of the Beverly Hills Film and New Media Festival, where Danny received the award for Best Directorial Debut of a Feature Film. 5 Star Day was released theatrically by distributor Gravitas Ventures and remains one of their highest-grossing Video On Demand drama titles. Danny is a graduate of the American Film Institute (AFI) masters directing program. He wrote, directed, and composed the score for the award-winning AFI thesis film Dependency (2005), which was recognized as an official selection of the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, the Camerimage International Film Festival and voted Best Student Film at the Dallas Deep Ellum Film Festival. Danny has an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute and a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from California State University at Long Beach. He resides in Los Angeles, CA. IMDb Mini Biography By: [S Forrester](https://imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=S%20Forrester&view=simple&sort=alpha) Vis kilde på IMDb