{{Short description|American filmmaker}} {{Multiple issues| {{Orphan|date=January 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2019}} }}
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{{Infobox person | name = Danny Monico | image = File:Dan-monico-producer.jpg | caption = Filmmaker Danny Monico in 2020 | birth_place = Montclair, New Jersey, USA | occupation = {{unbulleted list| Documentary Filmmaker | Writer | Director | Producer }} | website = {{URL|dannymonico.com }} }}
'''Danny Monico''' is an Emmy Nominated film Director, Writer and Producer. In 2025, 'The Third Rail', which he Co-Directed with Jasmine Wang was nominated for an Emmy. He also won the Grand Prize Jury Award at the Montclair Film Festival, for the short film, 'Brenda'. In 2020, he produced a short film, ''A Father’s Newfound Feminism'',<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-04|title=Exclusive: 'If You Ever Hurt My Daughter, I Swear to God I'll Let Her Navigate Her Own Own Emotional Growth'|url=https://www.moms.com/short-film-daughter-emotional-growth/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Moms|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024}}</ref> narrated by Jon Hamm, for the New Yorker Daily Shouts column.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Watch Daily Shouts {{!}} A Father's Newfound Feminism {{!}} The New Yorker Video {{!}} CNE|url=https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/shorts-murmurs-a-fathers-newfound-feminism|access-date=2020-10-30|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-us}}</ref> His narrative films have been presented on PBS,<ref name="Orel"> {{cite web |url=https://www.montclairlocal.news/2019/02/26/short-focus-films-montclair-nj/ |title=LOVE FOR SHORTS IN 'SHORT FOCUS' |last=Orel |first=Gwen |date=February 26, 2019 |publisher=Montclair Local }}</ref> The Montclair Film Festival, and the Manhattan Film Festival.
== Biography == Monico and Luke Parker Bowles co-founded the production company Scoundrel Films in 2017.<ref name="The Montclair Dispatch">{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Lila |date=January 5, 2018 |title=Lights, Camera, Action! Scoundrel Films Comes to Frink Street in Montclair! |url=https://montclairdispatch.com/lights-camera-action-scoundrel-films-comes-to-frink-street-in-montclair/ |accessdate=January 5, 2018 |publisher=The Montclair Dispatch}}</ref> The two worked together at Open Road Media in New York City.<ref name="Orel" /> Monico served as president until 2020.<ref name="The Montclair Dispatch" />
In 2019, Monico created a one-hour television program called ''Short Focus'',<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Short Focus |url=https://montclairfilm.org/events/short-focus/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810161239/https://montclairfilm.org/events/short-focus/ |archive-date=August 10, 2019 |access-date=2020-10-30 |publisher=Montclair Film |language=en-US}}</ref> consisting of five short films with discussions with the directors.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
Monico is the president of Incurrent Media and has produced branded films for clients like TED and MasterCard.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}
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== External links == * [https://dannymonico.com/ Danny Monico Official Homepage] * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7646351/ Daniel Monico at IMDb]
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