---
name: "Dan Hernandez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-hernandez"
fi1m_id: "dan-hernandez"
imdb_id: "nm2021624"
tmdb_id: 1380819
wikidata_id: "Q64010073"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 November 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T15:11:19.948763+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dan Hernandez

## Identity

Dan Hernandez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-hernandez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-hernandez
- **IMDb ID:** nm2021624
- **TMDB ID:** 1380819
- **Wikidata ID:** Q64010073
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hernandez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64010073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2021624/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1380819

Writer. Born 20 November 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 November 1983
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Benji Samit](https://film.one/person/benji-samit.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 65 (1), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hernandez, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64010073, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2021624/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1380819

## Coming up

- *Spaceballs: The New One* (2027-04-22), Screenplay

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem*](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dan Hernandez (born 20 November 1983) is an American film and television writer and producer. He frequently collaborates with writing partner Benji Samit. They met while studying at Brown University.

Hernandez and Samit wrote the screenplay for *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), on which they shared story and screenplay credits with others. Their other film credits include story and writing on *The Addams Family 2* (2021) and the screenplay for *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023). On television they have written for series including *One Day at a Time* (2017–2019), *The Tick* (2019) and *Central Park* (2020–2022). In 2019 they signed a long-term deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop, write and produce series.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Fi1m 65, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Spaceballs: The New One* (2027), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)
- *Koala Man* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *The Addams Family 2* (2021), Story, Writer
- *Central Park* (2020), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *One Day at a Time* (2017), series, Writer
- *Con Man* (2015), series, as Landon (uncredited)
- *Super Fun Night* (2013), series, Writer
- *1600 Penn* (2012), series, Writer
- *Night Wolf*, Writer
- *Club 33*, Writer

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