Daniel Miller Duchovny (known as Danny Ducovny; also credited as Daniel Ducovny) is an actor and a director of commercials.

Early life

Duchovny was born in

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in 1956. He is the son of Amram "Ami" Ducovny (1927–2003), a writer and publicist who worked for the

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, and Margaret "Meg" (''

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'' Miller), a school administrator and teacher.Stated in interview on ''

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'' He is the first son and the oldest child of three children. He has a younger brother,

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(b. 1960) and a younger sister, Laurie (b. 1966). Duchovny's mother is a Scottish immigrant from Whitehills, Aberdeen,

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. His father was Jewish, and his mother was Lutheran. His father dropped the ''h'' in his last name to avoid the sort of mispronunciations he encountered while serving in the Army. In the

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, '' duchowny'' means 'clergyman', and in the

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it means 'spiritual'. Duchovny's paternal grandfather was a Jewish emigrant from

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, and Duchovny's paternal grandmother was a Jewish emigrant from

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(now in Poland).

Career

In 1990, he founded his production company, Cucoloris, with partner Linda Stewart. Before moving into directing commercials and the occasional TV series episode, he had worked on several movies in the camera department.

Filmography

2024 - ''

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'' co-cinematographer
2008 - " Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (''

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'' episode) — director
1999 - " The Unnatural" — guest appearance in this ''

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'' episode, which was written and directed by his brother David
1994 - "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses" ''(

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'' episode) — director
1988 - '' Vibes'' — New York director of photography
1987 - '' Tough Guys Don't Dance'' — additional photographer
1986 - ''

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'' — second unit director of photography
1983 - ''

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'' — first assistant camera
1982 - '' The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!'' — Cameraman
1980 - ''Missing Persons'' — director of photography
1980 - ''

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'' — camera operator
1980 - ''We Are the Guinea Pigs'' — assistant camera and second unit camera operator

References

External links

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Cucoloris
his production company * Liz Saunderson

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(September 30, 2001) {{DEFAULTSORT:Duchovny, Daniel Living people Artists from New York City American people of Polish-Jewish descent American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent American television directors Film directors from New York City 1956 births