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Daniel Kwan (born February 10, 1988) and Daniel Scheinert (born June 7, 1987), known collectively as the Daniels, are an American filmmaking duo. They began their career as directors of music videos, including ones for "Houdini" (2012) by Foster the People and "Turn Down for What" (2013) by DJ Snake and Lil Jon, both of which earned them Grammy Award nominations. They wrote and directed the absurdist comedy-dramas Swiss Army Man (2016) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). The latter became A24's highest-grossing film, and won the duo many awards, including Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. Read more on Wikipedia

Their biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Daniels is the 1,592nd most popular film director (up from 1,989th in 2024). (up from 5,108th in 2019)

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Among film directors, Daniels ranks 1,593 out of 2,041. Before them are Tim Van Patten, Alan Rudolph, Dominik Moll, Chi Chi LaRue, Edward Sedgwick, Peter Glenville, and David Trueba. After them are John Singleton, Sam Simon, Bruno Delbonnel, Phil Alden Robinson, and Wang Bing.

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Among people born in 1988, Daniels ranks 183. Before them are Michael Cera, Wilfried Bony, Steven R. McQueen, Tomás Rincón, Capri Anderson, and Marco Mengoni. After them are Cho Kyu-hyun, Lee Soo-hyuk, Alexandr Dolgopolov, Angelique Boyer, Jing Tian, and Anupam Tripathi.

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