---
name: "Daniel Clowes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-clowes"
fi1m_id: "daniel-clowes"
imdb_id: "nm0167280"
tmdb_id: 17448
wikidata_id: "Q712675"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 April 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:43:23.807445+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."
---

# Daniel Clowes

## Identity

Daniel Clowes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-clowes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-clowes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0167280
- **TMDB ID:** 17448
- **Wikidata ID:** Q712675
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Clowes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167280/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17448

Writer. Born 14 April 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 April 1961, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Also known as:** Daniel Gillespie Clowes
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Clowes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712675, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167280/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17448

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost World*](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Daniel Clowes, also credited as Daniel Gillespie Clowes, is an American cartoonist, graphic novelist, illustrator and screenwriter. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on 14 April 1961, he published most of his work in the solo anthology series *Eightball* (1989–2004).

Clowes adapted his 1997 graphic novel *Ghost World* into the 2001 feature film of the same name, writing the screenplay with director Terry Zwigoff. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2006 film *Art School Confidential*, based on another *Eightball* story. His comics and films have received multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards and an Academy Award nomination for adapted screenplay.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Eddington* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Frankie Salmone (Knighthood Gold President) — [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Ghost World* (2001), Fi1m 84, Comic Book, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Eddington* (2025), as Frankie Salmone (Knighthood Gold President) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/eddington.md)
- *Wilson* (2017), Screenplay, Comic Book
- *Maggie's Plan* (2016), Thanks
- *David Goldberg* (2011), Original Story
- *The Origin of Atherton* (2007), Original Story
- *Art School Confidential* (2006), Screenplay, Producer
- *Nostalgia and Paranoia* (2002), Actor
- *Ghost World* (2001), Comic Book, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)
- *Hooked on Comix - Volume 1 - Life On The Cutting Edge Of An All-American Artform* (1994), Actor
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Dan Clowes (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Oddly Compelling: The Denis Kitchen Story*, Actor
- *Patience*, Comic Book
- *Monica*, Graphic Novel

## Gallery

- ![L'autor de còmic underground Daniel Clowes en una taula rodona durant el . 37. Comic Barcelona, 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/97239/gallery-78fedb695a1d.jpg) L'autor de còmic underground Daniel Clowes en una taula rodona durant el . 37. Comic Barcelona, 2019. — Ferran Cornellà, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Daniel_Clowes._37._Comic_Barcelona.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Clowes._37._Comic_Barcelona.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![El dibuiant nord-americà de còmic underground Daniel Clowes en una ponència al 37. Còmic Barcelona, 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/97239/gallery-28d36a49e937.jpg) El dibuiant nord-americà de còmic underground Daniel Clowes en una ponència al 37. Còmic Barcelona, 2019. — Ferran Cornellà, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Daniel_Clowes._37_Comic_Barcelona.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Clowes._37_Comic_Barcelona.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![L'autor nord-americà de còmic underground Daniel Clowes és entrevistat durant el 37. Còmic Barcelona, 2019.](https://film.one/media/person/97239/gallery-6bcb6e91fe48.jpg) L'autor nord-americà de còmic underground Daniel Clowes és entrevistat durant el 37. Còmic Barcelona, 2019. — Ferran Cornellà, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Daniel_Clowes._37_Comic_Barcelona_2019.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Clowes._37_Comic_Barcelona_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of cartoonist Daniel Clowes by Guillaume Paumier at the Alternative Press Expo 2010, organized at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/97239/gallery-294d60e7e1ed.jpg) Portrait of cartoonist Daniel Clowes by Guillaume Paumier at the Alternative Press Expo 2010, organized at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, Cal — Guillaume Paumier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Daniel_Clowes_at_APExpo_2010_7709.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Clowes_at_APExpo_2010_7709.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of cartoonist Daniel Clowes by Guillaume Paumier at the Alternative Press Expo 2010, organized at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, Cal](https://film.one/media/person/97239/gallery-d3c11e00afd7.jpg) Portrait of cartoonist Daniel Clowes by Guillaume Paumier at the Alternative Press Expo 2010, organized at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, Cal — Guillaume Paumier, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Daniel_Clowes_at_APExpo_2010_7709_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Daniel_Clowes_at_APExpo_2010_7709_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Daniel Clowes au fr:Festival d'Angoulême 2017.](https://film.one/media/person/97239/gallery-1da78ac9046c.jpg) Daniel Clowes au fr:Festival d'Angoulême 2017. — Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/FIBD2017DanielClowes.jpg/1280px-FIBD2017DanielClowes.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2002: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Ghost World*

### Other awards — 18 won

- Will Eisner Hall of Fame 2025: Will Eisner Hall of Fame (won)
- Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album — New 2011: Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album — New (won)
- Eisner Award for Best Short Story 2008: Eisner Award for Best Short Story (won)
- Best foreign work published in Spain 2007: Best foreign work published in Spain (won), for *Ice Haven*
- Inkpot Award 2006: Inkpot Award (won)
- Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One-Shot 2005: Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One-Shot (won)
- Harvey Award for Best Writer 2005: Harvey Award for Best Writer (won)
- Best foreign work published in Spain 2003: Best foreign work published in Spain (won), for *David Boring*
- Adamson Awards 2002: Adamson Awards (won), for *Ghost World*
- Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One-Shot 2002: Eisner Award for Best Single Issue/One-Shot (won)
- Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist 2002: Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist (won)
- Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) 2002: Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist) (won)
- Best foreign work published in Spain 2001: Best foreign work published in Spain (won), for *Ghost World*
- Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist 2000: Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist (won)
- Harvey Award for Best Letterer 1997: Harvey Award for Best Letterer (won)
- Harvey Award for Best Writer 1997: Harvey Award for Best Writer (won)
- Harvey Award for Best Letterer 1991: Harvey Award for Best Letterer (won)
- Harvey Award for Best New Series 1990: Harvey Award for Best New Series (won), for *Eightball*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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