---
name: "Dan the Automator"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-the-automator"
fi1m_id: "dan-the-automator"
tmdb_id: 2209854
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 August 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T00:05:16.237446+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 the Automator

## Identity

Dan the Automator

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-the-automator
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-the-automator
- **TMDB ID:** 2209854
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2209854

Composer. Born 29 August 1966 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 August 1966, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Daniel M. Nakamura, Dan Nakamura
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2209854

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Booksmart*](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md) (81)

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## Biography

Dan the Automator, born Daniel M. Nakamura, is an American record producer, composer and DJ. Raised in San Francisco, he began playing violin as a child and later turned to producing and DJing. He first gained attention for his production on Kool Keith's 1996 album *Dr. Octagonecologyst*.

Nakamura has collaborated on projects including Gorillaz's debut album (2001), Handsome Boy Modeling School with Prince Paul, and Deltron 3030. He composed the score for the 2019 film *Booksmart*, his first major US feature film score, following earlier soundtrack contributions to *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010) and *Money Monster* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Booksmart* (2019), Fi1m 81, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Making Deltron 3030* (2025), Actor
- *Easter Sunday* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Holidate* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Booksmart* (2019), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)
- *5 Sides of a Coin* (2004), Actor

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