Biography
Daniel Bowers is an award-winning writer, director, and editor from Saint Louis, Missouri. currently living in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Born in Montreal, Canada in 1973, his family, originally from Missouri, moved back to Saint Louis in 1974.
After three years of university at SMSU where he studied photography and creative writing, he spent a year working aboard a cruise ship as a deckhand. He sailed from Curacao, through the West Indies to Alaska and back, writing about and photographing his experience.
Returning to Missouri, he quickly realized his desire to continue traveling. He enrolled in New World Teachers in San Francisco and received a certificate to teach English abroad. He originally planned on moving to Recife, Brazil; however, short on money for a plane ticket to Brazil, a friend convinced him San Luis Potosi, Mexico would be an option that wouldn't break the bank. Two months later he was traveling throughout the Pacific coast and central Mexico.
He 1997, he settled into a teaching job in San Luis Potosi, where he met his wife Rosy and continued to work and travel for the next six years through Central/South America and Europe. Wanting a way to document his experiences in one medium, he chose to learn filmmaking. He returned to Missouri, where he soon became a promotions producer for an ABC affiliate. He went on to work for production companies and in 2002 made "Roy", his first documentary with Bill Sawalich. In 2003, he made "Gus" which screened at festivals in Saint Louis, New York, Los Angeles, and Hot Springs.
His third film," A. (anonymous)", a mockumentary, explores a dysfunctional support group and stars Ray Brewer.
Currently, "A. (anonymous)" is garnering critical praise on the film festival circuit and playing to packed crowds across the U.S. and abroad. The latest acceptance was into the Saint Louis International Film Festival. Bowers was voted "Myspace filmmaker of the week" by indiefilmnation.com and won the Saint Louis Gateway Critics award for Best Script.
