---
name: "Daniel Duchovny"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-ducovny"
fi1m_id: "daniel-ducovny"
imdb_id: "nm0239977"
tmdb_id: 211892
wikidata_id: "Q5217007"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T14:39:51.734098+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."
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# Daniel Duchovny

## Identity

Daniel Duchovny

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-ducovny
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-ducovny
- **IMDb ID:** nm0239977
- **TMDB ID:** 211892
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5217007
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Duchovny, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5217007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211892

Director. Born 1 January 1901 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, New York City, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Daniel Ducovny, Dan Decovney, Danny Ducovny, Dan Ducovny, Daniel Dukovny, Daniel M. Ducovny
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Duchovny, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5217007, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0239977/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/211892

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Daniel Duchovny, also credited as Daniel Ducovny or Danny Ducovny, is an American director, cinematographer and occasional actor. He began his career in the camera department on feature films including *Jumpin' Jack Flash* (1986), *Tough Guys Don't Dance* (1987) and *Vibes* (1988).

In 1990 he co-founded the production company Cucoloris and has since directed commercials as well as television episodes such as one instalment of *Red Shoe Diaries* (1994) and the *Californication* episode 'Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills' (2008). He appeared as an actor in an episode of *The X-Files* (1999) directed by his brother David Duchovny. More recently he served as co-cinematographer on the 2024 documentary *Schindler Space Architect*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Californication* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Red Shoe Diaries Movie 10: Some Things Never Change* (1996), Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Piney — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, Director
- *Tough Guys Don't Dance* (1987), Additional Photography
- *Jumpin' Jack Flash* (1986), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Lillian Gish* (1984), First Assistant Camera
- *The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Johnny Goes Home* (1982), Assistant Camera
- *Fist of Fear, Touch of Death* (1980), Camera Operator
- *We Are the Guinea Pigs* (1980), Second Unit Director of Photography, Assistant Camera

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