Daniel Schechter

Daniel Schechter is an American editor, director, and screenwriter. He is known for his film Supporting Characters Click to look into! >> Read More... and Life of Crime. Supporting Actors opened at Tribeca Film Festival in 2012. Whereas, Toronto International Film Festival selected to showcase Life of Crimein 2013. The movie is his latest venture and starred big names like Jennifer Aniston She became a household name in 1994 as she appeare >> Read More... , Tim Robbins A multiple talents infused into one person. A tale >> Read More... , and Isla Fisher Isla Fisher is a very popular Australian actress. >> Read More... and was released in August 2014. He was noticed as a writer and editor in 2003 when he wrote a short movie called The Good Life and edited it as well.

He then wrote three films which consecutively released in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007. These movies were The Butcher and the Housewife (a short film), followed by The Big Bad Swim and Goodbye Baby. He made his Directorial debut with Goodbye Babyin 2007. In 2008, he edited two flicks which included a short movie too. Meet Pete and The Project were his ventures in 2008. In 2013, he was involved in the editing of the flick Spaz. The film didn’t receive a lot of positive responses by the watchers. In 2012 he wrote, edited and directed a low-budget flick called Supporting Characters. The movie was debuted in Tribeca's Film Festival and was lauded for by the audience as well as the critics.

After directing two small-scale, low-budget standup comedies in 2007 and 2012, Daniel Schechter took a leap of faith towards a different kind of cinema. It was an unlikely step but was welcomed by the industry with open hands. His movie Life of Crime was based on the novel by the late great veteran novelist Elmore Leonard – The Switch Click to look into! >> Read More... . The film also boasted a high-caliber cast of Tim Robbins, Jennifer Aniston, Isha Fisher, YasiinBey, John Hawkes John Hawkes is a veteran actor who is known for hi >> Read More... , Will Forte and Mark Boone Jr.

The flick was a dark crime comedy where two jailbreaks conspire a plan to kidnap the wife of Frank Dawson who was a Detroit Property Developer. The conspirators don’t realize the Frank had an extramarital affair and was more than happy with his wife’s disappearance. The movie revolves around this criminal but comic plot. Life of Crime closed the Toronto International Film Festival, leaving the audiences speechless with its marvel. Admitting his challenges, Daniel stated that creating the 70’s Detroit environment was an extremely tough task in the 2014 flick. The big screen phenomenon was surprisingly shot in just 26 days.