Daniel and I met onset of a short film my wife and I had written. We immediately hit it off. He'd read one of my screenwriting books and was so gracious about it. Then when a dispute arose with the producer, he immediately stood up for us (not that we needed it, but he didn't know that) and showed both courage and loyalty. Great, great guy. We spoke a few weeks before his death, trying to arrange a lunch meeting. I'm so sad that we weren't able to get that together. Great guy.

Daniel and I first met in 2014 and we connected right away and became fast friends. My dog was at work with me and she is normally very shy with new humans and rarely warms up to them but she warmed up to Daniel right away. In fact, very often I would look down at her bed to find it empty because she'd gone to sit with him. She would leave my lap in meetings to sit on his lap. We laughed about that a lot. We kept in close touch ever since. He came to work with me at Encore in 2018 and it was wonderful to see him every day. He and I both screen wrote on the side and I always looked to him for mentorship. I miss him terribly. The last time we chatted was 4 days before his passing. I can still hear his voice in my head. He had such a funny dark sense of humor but was SUCH a kind individual. Such a big heart. I'll always miss him.

I am shocked to learn of Daniel's passing. We worked together on a small film and he was kind and giving and fair, and we stayed in touch over the years since. We discussed only a couple of months ago meeting for dinner. It is to my great shame and sorrow that we were not able to make that happen. A good man.