Daniel Griffith
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Known for
Credits

The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune (2021)
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Maelstrom: The Odyssey of Waterworld (2018)
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Let There Be Light: The Odyssey of Dark Star (2010)
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Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)
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Celluloid Wizards in the Video Wasteland: The Saga of Empire Pictures (—)
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Deus ex Machina: The Philosophy of 'Donnie Darko' (2016)
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Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable (2017)
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One Step Further: Becoming Lumet (2023)
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The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' (2013)
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Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live (2018)
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Purgatory: Entering John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York' (2018)
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Retribution: Uncovering John Carpenter's 'The Fog' (2018)
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Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood (2020)
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They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016)
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Mark of The Beast: The Legacy of the Universal Werewolf (2019)
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Lost to Time: Unearthing the Primevals (2024)
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The Flesh and the Fury: X-posing Twins of Evil (2012)
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Hands: The Fate of 'Manos' (2015)
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The Wandering Man’s Burden: Making The Loner (2016)
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Class of '79: 40 Years of Rock 'N' Roll High School (2019)
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Dark Side of Eden (2008)
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Jam Handy to the Rescue! (2011)
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Return to Oldfield: Making from a Whisper to a Scream (2015)
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Motion Picture Odyssey (2013)
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The Ring Legacy (2019)
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The Infinitesimal: Remembering the Shrinking Man (2021)
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Maybe It's Better not to Win - Scoring Searching for Bobby Fischer (2000)
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Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (2018)
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Return to Eden Prairie: 25 Years of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2013)
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That's Brucesploitation! Making Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (2020)
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Auteur on the Campus: Jack Arnold at Universal! (2012)
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The Mysterious Life of Zita Johann (2020)
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The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus (2010)
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The Creeper: Rondo Hatton at Universal (2020)
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American Frontiers: Anthony Mann at Universal (2019)
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Trail of the Creeper: Making The Brute Man (2012)
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Afterbirth: The Evolution of 'Species' (2017)
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1982: One Amazing Summer! (2017)
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Ticket to Die: Steve Haberman on Horror Express (2019)
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It's a Madcap World: The Making of an Unfinished Film (2021)
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A Celebration of Tenacity (2024)
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It Was a Colossal Teenage Movie Machine: The AIP Story (2015)
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This Is the Inner Sanctum: Making a Universal Mystery Series (2020)
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Who Goes There? In Search of The Thing (2017)
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That's Hicksploitation: The Origin of Southern Sinema (2024)
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A Decade Under the Innocence: Adventures in Super 8 Filmmaking (2015)
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A Sigh from the Depths: 40 Years of Suspiria (2017)
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The Devil's Bloody Plaything: Possessed by Hands of the Ripper (2013)
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Night Train to Nowhere: Ted Newsom on Bernard Gordon (2019)
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Of Mushrooms And Madmen: The Making Of The Mole People (2019)
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Real World Massacre: The Making of Kolobos (2019)
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Beyond the Movie: That's Sharkploitation! (2020)
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The Wonder World of K. Gordon Murray (2010)
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The Creaking Door: Entering the Inner Sanctum (2020)
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Forces of Nature: Anthony Mann at Universal (2025)
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The Human Blarney Stone: The Life and Films of Brian Desmond Hurst (2011)
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Richard E. Cunha: Filmmaker of the Unknown (2021)
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