Dan Trachtenberg

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He made his feature film debut with '' 10 Cloverfield Lane'' (2016), earning him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. He went on to direct and provide the story for three films in the ''Predator'' franchise, including ''Prey'' (2022) and '' Predator: Badlands'' (2025) as well as the animated film '' Predator: Killer of Killers'' (2025). For television, he directed the pilot episodes of '' The Boys'' (2019) and '' The Lost Symbol'' (2021), as well as episodes of ''Black Mirror'' (2016) and ''Stranger Things'' (2025) .

Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of '' The Totally Rad Show'' podcast and a former co-host of the '' Geekdrome'' podcast. He also directed episodes for the '' Ctrl+Alt+Chicken'' podcast. All three programs were hosted at Revision3. He also directed the 2011 short film '' Portal: No Escape'' and various television commercials and public service announcements.

Directing

Trachtenberg has directed commercials for Lexus, Nike, and Coca-Cola. In 2003, he directed the short film ''Kickin''. In April 2008, he joined Tight Films, for which he collaborated with Matt Wolf on an alternate reality game for '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army''.

He directed the internet show, '' Ctrl+Alt+Chicken''.

In March 2011, Trachtenberg released a short film for BlackBoxTV titled ''More Than You Can Chew'', starring J. Kristopher, Skye Marshall and Ian Hamrick. Trachtenberg co-wrote the story with Mark D. Walker.

On August 23, 2011, Trachtenberg released the short film '' Portal: No Escape'', based on the video game '' Portal'', which has since garnered more than twenty-eight million views on YouTube.

On October 13, 2011, /Film announced that Trachtenberg would be directing a science fiction action heist film for Universal Pictures with writer Chris Morgan.

In January 2013, ''iFanboy'' broke the news that Trachtenberg would direct the film adaptation of '' Y: The Last Man''. However, on September 25, 2014, /Film announced that the film had been cancelled.

On April 3, 2014, Ain't It Cool News announced that Trachtenberg would direct a film for Bad Robot titled ''Valencia'', which was later revealed to be a code name for '' 10 Cloverfield Lane''.

On April 30, 2018, it was announced that Dan Trachtenberg would direct the first episode of the Amazon series '' The Boys'', replacing Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

On January 14, 2019, Trachtenberg was announced to be directing a live action film adaptation of the video game series ''Uncharted''. However on August 22, 2019, it was announced he had exited the film.

On November 20, 2020, it was announced that Trachtenberg had been engaged by 20th Century Studios to direct the fifth installment in the ''Predator'' film series, titled ''Prey''. For his work on the film, Trachtenberg received two nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards. It was reported in February 2024 that Trachtenberg was developing a new film in the ''Predator'' franchise separate from his film ''Prey''. The film, '' Predator: Badlands'' began filiming by August 2024 and is scheduled for release in November 2025. In October 2024, it was revealed the Trachtenberg developed an animated ''Predator'' film in secret during production of ''Badlands''. As Trachtenberg's second animated project after the short film ''Warframe'', ''Predator: KIller of Killers'' was released in June 2025.

On June 28 2023, it was announced that Trachtenberg will direct at least one episode in the final season of the Netflix series ''Stranger Things''.

Personal life

Trachtenberg graduated from Temple University in 2003.

Trachtenberg married Priscilla Hernandez in 2011.

Filmography

Short film
*''Kickin (2003)
*'' Portal: No Escape'' (2011)
*'' More Than You Can Chew'' (2012)
*''Warframe'' (2019)

Feature film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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1981 births
Living people
Artists from Philadelphia
American Internet celebrities
Film directors from Pennsylvania
Jewish American screenwriters
Revision3
Screenwriters from Pennsylvania
21st-century American Jews