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Daniel J. Shaw

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Producer
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Daniel J. Shaw is known for LA LAW, Friday Night Lights (2006) and Boyhood (2014).
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    Known for

    LA LAW
    TV Series
    • Producer(as Dan Shaw)
      Connie Britton, Kyle Chandler, Timothy F. Crowley, Blue Deckert, Brad Leland, Jesse Plemons, Louanne Stephens, Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Adrianne Palicki, Aimee Teegarden, Taylor Kitsch, Kate Krause, Gaius Charles, Scott Porter, Kate Melton, Derek Phillips, Stacey Oristano, Omaka Omegah, and Sarah Kate Allsup in Friday Night Lights (2006)
      Friday Night Lights
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Second Unit or Assistant Director
      Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (2014)
      Boyhood
      7.9
      • Additional Crew(as Dan Shaw)
      • 2014

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      Second Unit or Assistant Director



      • Sheryl Lee Ralph, Lisa Ann Walter, William Stanford Davis, Tyler James Williams, Chris Perfetti, Quinta Brunson, and Janelle James in Abbott Elementary (2021)
        Abbott Elementary
        8.2
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2025
      • Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Kerri Kenney, Thomas Lennon, Joe Lo Truglio, Niecy Nash, Ian Roberts, Nick Swardson, Cedric Yarbrough, and Wendi McLendon-Covey in Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist (2022)
        Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist
        5.6
        TV Movie
        • first assistant director
        • 2022
      • Jabari Banks, Jimmy Akingbola, Cassandra Freeman, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, and Olly Sholotan in Bel-Air (2022)
        Bel-Air
        6.4
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2022
      • Tacoma FD (2019)
        Tacoma FD
        8.1
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2020–2021
      • Beanie Feldstein in American Crime Story (2016)
        American Crime Story
        8.4
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2016–2021
      • Love, Victor (2020)
        Love, Victor
        8.0
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2021
      • Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre in Genius (2017)
        Genius
        8.2
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2021
      • Cate Blanchett in Mrs. America (2020)
        Mrs. America
        7.9
        TV Mini Series
        • first assistant director (as Daniel Shaw)
        • 2020
      • SEAL Team (2017)
        SEAL Team
        7.9
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2019
      • Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union in L.A.'s Finest (2019)
        L.A.'s Finest
        6.2
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2019
      • Robin Tunney and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in The Fix (2019)
        The Fix
        6.6
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2019
      • Angela Bassett, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Kenneth Choi, Peter Krause, Aisha Hinds, Oliver Stark, and Ryan Guzman in 9-1-1 (2018)
        9-1-1
        7.9
        TV Series
        • first assistant director (as Dan Shaw)
        • 2018
      • Shelter
        TV Movie
        • first assistant director
        • 2017
      • Gretchen Mol and Hugh Laurie in Chance (2016)
        Chance
        7.5
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2016
      • David Duchovny in Aquarius (2015)
        Aquarius
        7.0
        TV Series
        • first assistant director
        • 2016

      Director



      • Taye Diggs and Kathleen Robertson in Murder in the First (2014)
        Murder in the First
        7.3
        TV Series
        • Director
        • 2016

      Producer



      • The Journeyman (2001)
        The Journeyman
        5.1
        • co-producer
        • 2001
      • Bad Day
        Short
        • producer
        • 1999

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