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Danny Buday

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Director Danny Buday on set of "The Ex Next Door".
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Danny Buday has directed multiple thriller feature films for the Lifetime network, including the movies Bound by Blackmail, Crazy, Rich, and Deadly, Killer in Suburbia, The Ex Next Door, and Dating To Kill. Danny also directed the holiday movies Christmas on the Ranch, Country Christmas Album, and Second Chance Christmas, as well as the kids adventure film Paws P.I. for Lionsgate.

Danny also wrote and directed the award-winning war drama Battle Scars, starring Zane Holtz, Heather McComb, Ryan Eggold, Fairuza Balk, and David James Elliott. Battle Scars won the Jury Award for Best Feature at the G.I. Film festival and was released theatrically nationwide by distributor Gravitas Ventures and the Showtime network.

Danny's feature directorial debut was the successful, indie film 5 Star Day, starring Cam Gigandet and Jena Malone. 5 Star Day won the Jury Award for Best Feature at the Stony Brook Film Festival in New York and was the Opening Night Gala Film at the Newport Beach Film Festival. In addition, 5 Star Day was the Closing Night Film of the Beverly Hills Film and New Media Festival, where Danny received the award for Best Directorial Debut of a Feature Film. 5 Star Day was released theatrically by distributor Gravitas Ventures and remains one of their highest-grossing video on demand (VOD) independent drama titles.

Danny is a graduate of the American Film Institute (AFI) masters directing program, where he wrote, directed and composed the score for the award-winning AFI thesis film Dependency, an official selection of the Camerimage Film Festival and voted Best Student Film at the Dallas Film Festival. Danny has an MFA in Directing from the American Film Institute and a Bachelor's degree in Marketing from California State University at Long Beach. He resides in Los Angeles, CA.
BornFebruary 8, 1977
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      • 3 wins total

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    Known for

    Jade Harlow and Houston Rhines in Christmas on the Ranch (2024)
    Christmas on the Ranch
    6.0
    • Director
    • 2024
    Bound by Blackmail (2022)
    Bound by Blackmail
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 2022
    Sony International Poster for "5 Star Day"
    Five Star Day
    5.7
    • Director
    • 2010
    Fairuza Balk, David James Elliott, Heather McComb, Zane Holtz, Danny Buday, and Ryan Eggold in Battle Scars (2015)
    Battle Scars
    5.5
    • Director
    • 2015

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    Director



    • Kennedy High
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Jade Harlow and Houston Rhines in Christmas on the Ranch (2024)
      Christmas on the Ranch
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Bound by Blackmail (2022)
      Bound by Blackmail
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Boti Bliss and Morgan Obenreder in Killer in Suburbia (2020)
      Killer in Suburbia
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2020
    • James Hyde, Natasha Wilson, Houston Rhines, and Gina Vitori in Crazy, Rich and Deadly (2020)
      Crazy, Rich and Deadly
      4.8
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Philip Boyd, Alicia Ziegler, and Maiara Walsh in The Ex Next Door (2019)
      The Ex Next Door
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Dating to Kill (2019)
      Dating to Kill
      4.8
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Evan Gamble and Hannah Barefoot in Country Christmas Album (2018)
      Country Christmas Album
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Neal Genys and Selah Atwood in Paws P.I. (2018)
      Paws P.I.
      4.2
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Tilky Jones and Katrina Begin in Second Chance Christmas (2017)
      Second Chance Christmas
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Fairuza Balk, David James Elliott, Heather McComb, Zane Holtz, Danny Buday, and Ryan Eggold in Battle Scars (2015)
      Battle Scars
      5.5
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Tristen Gaspadarek in Tristen: No One's Gonna Know (2013)
      Tristen: No One's Gonna Know
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Sony International Poster for "5 Star Day"
      Five Star Day
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Brooke Mackenzie in Name of the Game (2006)
      Name of the Game
      Short
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Justin Wilczynski in Dependency (2005)
      Dependency
      6.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2005

    Writer



    • Kennedy High
      • screenplay
      • Pre-production



    • Evan Gamble and Hannah Barefoot in Country Christmas Album (2018)
      Country Christmas Album
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Fairuza Balk, David James Elliott, Heather McComb, Zane Holtz, Danny Buday, and Ryan Eggold in Battle Scars (2015)
      Battle Scars
      5.5
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2015
    • Sony International Poster for "5 Star Day"
      Five Star Day
      5.7
      • screenplay
      • 2010
    • Justin Wilczynski in Dependency (2005)
      Dependency
      6.7
      Short
      • written by
      • 2005

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    • Fairuza Balk, David James Elliott, Heather McComb, Zane Holtz, Danny Buday, and Ryan Eggold in Battle Scars (2015)
      Battle Scars
      5.5
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Sony International Poster for "5 Star Day"
      Five Star Day
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2010

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      • 6′ (1.83 m)
    • Born
      • February 8, 1977
      • Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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