Biografia
Daryl Wein is an acclaimed filmmaker represented by CAA and Rain Management.
In 2022, he directed "Something from Tiffany's," starring Zoey Deutch and Kendrick Sampson, produced by Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine and Amazon Studios.
He co-wrote, co-directed, co-produced, served as director of photography, and edited "How It Ends," released by MGM and premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, featuring Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Olivia Wilde, Helen Hunt, Fred Armisen, Nick Kroll, and Lamorne Morris.
His narrative feature "White Rabbit" debuted at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, starring Vivian Bang and Nana Ghana. He executive produced "Band Aid" (IFC Films), starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Adam Pally, and Fred Armisen, which premiered at Sundance in 2017.
Wein co-wrote and directed "Lola Versus" for Fox Searchlight, starring Greta Gerwig, Zoe Lister-Jones, Joel Kinnaman, Hamish Linklater, Debra Winger, and Bill Pullman.
His debut narrative feature, "Breaking Upwards," starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Julie White, Peter Friedman, Olivia Thirlby, and Andrea Martin, was an official selection at the 2009 SXSW Film Festival and released theatrically and on VOD by IFC Films in 2010.
His political drama "Blueprint," featured at the Deauville Film Festival, was distributed by The Orchard. His agricultural thriller "Consumed," starring Zoe Lister-Jones, Griffin Dunne, and Danny Glover, is available on Netflix and was endorsed by Erin Brockovich.
In television, Wein directed episodes of the Golden Globe-winning series "Mozart in the Jungle" for Amazon, along with digital projects for Vice and Refinery29. His pilot "Awokened," starring David Walton, Michaela Watkins, Jeremy Sisto, Lamorne Morris, Majandra Delfino, and Zoe Lister-Jones, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. He recently directed episodes for Season 2 of ABC's "Single Parents."
Wein's feature-length documentary "Sex Positive" won the Grand Jury Prize at the L.A. Outfest Film Festival and was featured at the 2008 South by Southwest, London, and Boston Independent Film Festivals, among over thirty others worldwide. Regent Releasing handled its North American theatrical distribution, and it has been released in eight foreign countries, notably at London's BFI.
In 2006, he co-wrote and directed the short psychological drama "Unlocked," starring Olivia Thirlby and executive produced by Stephen Daldry. The film was selected for the Tribeca and Gijon Film Festivals, among others, and was named one of the "Best Short Films in the World" by Indy Mogul.
A graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Daryl Wein resides in Los Angeles, California.
