Darren Doane
Birth dateSeptember 20, 1972 (age 54)
Birth placeWestlake Village, California, U.S.

Darren Doane is an American filmmaker, actor, and music video director.[1] He started his early music video work with Ken Daurio and directed several early Blink-182 music videos.

Prior to directing commercials and music videos, Doane directed two live action short film adaptations of the Malibu Comics superheroes Hardcase (a six-minute music video style promo starring British kickboxer Gary Daniels) and Firearm (a 35-minute movie which served as a prequel to the actual comic). Doane's most well known credit is for co-writing and directing Saving Christmas, in which he also co-starred alongside Kirk Cameron.

Filmography

Film

YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1993Pennywise: Home VideosConcert movie
1999Godmoney
2000Ultimate Target
2001Black Friday
200242KCo-director and co-writer with Ken Daurio
2004The Battle for L.A.

Documentary film

Also cinematographer

2005Unleaded
2008Eyes FrontAlso co-cinematographer and editor
2009Jason Mraz's Beautiful Mess: Live on EarthConcert movie
Collison: Christopher Hitcher vs Douglas WilsonDocumentary Film
2013Unstoppable

Documentary film

Also actor: Bearded Man

How to Answer the Fool

Documentary film

Also co-editor

2014Mercy Rule
Saving Christmas

Also actor: Christian White

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay

Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director (nominated)

2015The Free Speech ApocalypseDocumentary film
2016The River Thief
Shorebreak: The Clark Little StoryDocumentary film

Short film

YearFilmDirectorWriterProducerNotes
1993Hardcase
1993Firearm
2006Metal by NumbersAlso cinematographer

References

  1. ^ "Indie Filmmaker Darren Doane Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine", Chris Finke, Real Magazine.