Daniel Lawrence Abrams grew up in NYC, attended Trinity School through eighth grade, and then graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He got his BA in Psychology from the Honors Program at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
He was selected to join the inaugural class of Turner Entertainment’s “T-2000” program in Atlanta. Concurrently, the 3-D input device he invented earned US Patent # 5,652,603.
Abrams trained in comedy writing at both The Second City and The Groundlings (each through level three). He used to perform stand-up at The Improv in LA and The Comedy Cellar in NYC. As a playwright, Abrams’s stage shows played at The Stella Adler Theatre, The Powerhouse Theater, and the HBO/Warner Brothers Television Workspace.
Most of his career was spent in Hollywood. He wrote, produced, and directed over a hundred hours of TV (non-fiction/Reality, game shows, talk shows, documentaries, etc.). He was the Supervising Producer of the 2014 Emmy-Nominated SundanceTV show THE WRITERS’ ROOM and was a freelance Director for HGTV’s HOUSE HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL.
One of Abrams’s web series for Bodog/Riptown was named an “Official Honoree” in the Webby Awards, and his short films have been selected by several film festivals (one won 1st Place in a comedy competition).
He wrote several columns for the Producers Guild’s PRODUCED BY magazine, as well as strategy columns for CARD PLAYER magazine, and an op-ed in MENSA magazine.
Scripts he’s written or co-written have earned 30+ accolades from 74 submissions to script competitions — including three 1st Place wins and four Top-5s and Finalists. Abrams co-produced four feature films: RAW CUT, MINING FOR RUBY (co-starring Billy Zane & Mischa Barton), ON WINGS OF EAGLES (starring Joseph Fiennes), and a breast cancer documentary — PINK & BLUE: COLORS OF HEREDITARY CANCER.
He gave the TEDx Talk titled “Sports Can Save Politics” at AJU.
IMMORTALITY BYTES: Digital Minds Don't Get Hungry is his debut novel.
