Danny Leiner

History

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Danny Leiner is a film director whose credits include The Great New Wonderful, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Dude, Where's My Car?, Layin' Low, and Time Expired. He has also directed a wide range of television including Arrested Development, Everwood, Gilmore Girls, Freaks and Geeks, Sports Night, Felicity, Action, The Tick, MTV's Austin Stories and HBO's Mind of the Married Man, The Sopranos and How to Make It in America. He also directed an episode of The Office entitled "WUPHF.com". Description above from the Wikipedia article Danny Leiner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

The Young Kieslowski
Producer
Grand romantic gestures need not apply in this comedic tale of star-crossed young love. Instead, freshman Brian Kieslowski displays endless reserves of bumbling awkwardness as he goes home with a girl for the first time... and then learns that he got her pregnant... with twins... all while she's going through a rather inconvenient Christianity phase. Could it be that being the good guy and doing what's right are two very different things?
Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery
Self
A documentary about the influential independent film production company The Shooting Gallery.
Backwash
Director
The tale of three slacker friends and the adventures that ensure after one of them inadvertently robs a bank armed only with a large salami. Many guest cameos including Jon Hamm, John Stamos, Sarah Silverman, John Cho, Allison Janney, Hank Azaria, Michael Vartan, Steven Weber, Jamie-Lynn Sigler. DTV version of ... the Made-for-Digital series.
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Director
An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star Seann William Scott stars as the ambitious janitor who believes he has what it takes to coach the winning team.
The Architect
Producer
An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
The Great New Wonderful
Director
The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Director
Nerdy accountant Harold and his irrepressible friend, Kumar, get stoned watching television and find themselves utterly bewitched by a commercial for White Castle. Convinced there must be one nearby, the two set out on a late-night odyssey that takes them deep into New Jersey. Somehow, the boys manage to run afoul of rednecks, cops and even a car-stealing Neil Patrick Harris before getting anywhere near their beloved sliders.
Dude, Where's My Car?
Director
Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
Layin' Low
Writer
Layin' Low is a 1996 film directed by Danny Leiner and stars Jeremy Piven.
Layin' Low
Director
Layin' Low is a 1996 film directed by Danny Leiner and stars Jeremy Piven.
Time Expired
Director
Time Expired is a 1992 short film directed by Danny Leiner and stars Bob Gosse and John Leguizamo.