Daniel Goldhaber

Daniel Goldhaber
Born	Boulder, Colorado, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA)
Occupation(s)	director, screenwriter, producer
Known for	Cam, How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Daniel Goldhaber is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. In 2018, he directed Cam, a psychological horror film set in the world of webcam pornography. In 2022, he co-wrote, directed, and produced the thriller film How to Blow Up a Pipeline, based on the book of the same name by Andreas Malm.

Career

Goldhaber grew up in a Jewish family and attended Harvard University where he completed the Visual and Environmental Studies film program.[1] While an undergraduate, he wrote, produced, and directed the 2013 short film Bad Kid, which was selected as a short film of the month by Cinephilia and Beyond.[2] He also worked as an assistant editor on Chasing Ice, the Academy Award-nominated documentary about the Extreme Ice Survey.[3]

Goldhaber's first feature was the 2018 horror film Cam, a Netflix original movie produced by Blumhouse Productions, starring Madeline Brewer. The Guardian called it "an excellent exploration of personas and projection online,"[4] and The New York Times said it "upend[ed] the typical thriller trope of the sex worker as helpless victim"[5]

In 2022, he wrote, produced, and directed How to Blow Up a Pipeline, an adaptation of Andreas Malm's 2021 nonfiction Verso book of the same name.[6][7] The film had its festival premiere in the Platform Prize program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival[8][9] and will be released theatrically by NEON in 2023.[10][11] It stars Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane, Jayme Lawson, Marcus Scribner, Jake Weary, and Irene Bedard.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Editor	Notes
2012	The Summer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film
2013	Bad Kid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2018	Cam	Yes	Story by	No	No	Directorial debut
2020	In Sudden Darkness	No	No	Executive	No	Short film
2022	How to Blow Up a Pipeline	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TBA	Faces of Death	Yes	Yes	No	No

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2020	50 States of Fright	Yes	Yes	Episode: "Red Rum (Colorado)"[12]

References

1. "Exclusive Interview: "CAM" Creators Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber on Horror and the Sex Trade, Part One". 15 November 2018.
2. "Daniel Goldhaber's 'Bad Kid': A Vision Startlingly Devoid of Comfort". 10 October 2014.
3. "Chasing Ice Credits".
4. Adegoke, Yomi (21 September 2020). "My streaming gem: why you should watch Cam". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
5. Catsoulis, Jeannette (15 November 2018). "'Cam' Review: The Techno-Perils of Online Performance". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
6. Kuplowsky, Peter. "How to Blow Up a Pipeline".
7. How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Live in a World on Fire. Verso Books. January 2021. ISBN 9781839760259. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
8. Vlessing, Etan (3 August 2022). "Toronto Film Festival: Emily Bronte Movie 'Emily' to Open Platform Competition". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
9. Kay, Jeremy (3 August 2022). "Frances O'Connor's 'Emily' to open TIFF Platform alongside films from Maïmouna Doucouré, Rima Das". Retrieved 25 August 2022.
10. Ravindran, Manori (13 September 2022). "Neon Buys TIFF Environmental Thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline'". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
11. Ritman, Alex (13 September 2022). "TIFF: Neon Acquires Eco-Terrorist Thriller 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline'". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
12. Porter, Rick (3 Oct 2019). "Rachel Brosnahan, Christina Ricci to Star in Quibi Horror Anthology". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

• Daniel Goldhaber at IMDb 
• Personal Website