Daniel Chein is a 2018 BAVC National Mediamaker Fellow and recipient of the Princess Grace Film Award. His most recent film BASHA MAN won the Student Film Award at CAAMFest2017. As an editor, his work on CHANGA REVISITED earned the film the OutStanDox Award at the Astra Film Festival. Daniel is an Associate Producer for Walking Iris Media and a member of the Global Lives Project. He is currently completing his MFA in Cinema at San Francisco State University.
2018
Director/Camera
Sonsplitter (in production)
2018
Associate Producer
Ma Liang’s Time Machine (85 min) (in post-production)
2018
Associate Producer
Hoodie (20 min) (in production)
2017
Producer/Editor
American War (60 min) (in post-production)
2016
Director/Editor
Basha Man (12 min)
- AT&T Student Film Award, CAAMFest 2017
- Award of Recognition, IndieFEST
2016
Editor
Lives in Transit, Global Lives Project (32 min)
- World Premiere, New York Film Festival
2016
Assistant Editor
Almost Sunrise (110 min)
2016
Assistant Editor
Out Run (75 min)
2016
Editor
Veteran Documentary Corps: Adele Shimanoff, (8 min)
2016
Director/Editor
Shoot Me I’m Beautiful (7 min)
2016
Director/Camera
The Fallow Land (5 min)
2015
Editor
Changa Revisited (60 min)
- Best Documentary, ASTRA Film Festival
2014
Editor
Veteran Documentary Corps: Joel Hunt, (12 min)
2014
Director/Camera
The Sacred Circle (20 min)
2013
Editor
The Chairman and the Lions (47 min)
- First Prize, ETNOFilm Festival
- Jury Award, Zanzibar International Film Festival
2012
Director/Editor
What Was Angel Island? (13 min)
Farnley Tyas Foundation Grant
2011
Co-Director
Sunday Streets (10 min)
2018
BAVC National Mediamaker Fellowship
2017
Princess Grace Award in Film
2016
Student Grant, Berkeley Film Foundation
Aurelio Alves Scholarship, Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation
2015
Jake Gimbel Graduate Scholarship, Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation
2014
Dr. Leslie and Phyllis Wong Scholarship, San Francisco State University
2014-2016
State University Grant, San Francisco State University