---
name: "Daniel Iron"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-iron"
fi1m_id: "daniel-iron"
imdb_id: "nm0410065"
tmdb_id: 19948
wikidata_id: "Q5217579"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T19:41:54.831052+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 Iron

## Identity

Daniel Iron

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-iron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-iron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0410065
- **TMDB ID:** 19948
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5217579
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Iron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5217579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19948

Producer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1993–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (1), 2000s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Iron, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5217579, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19948

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Away from Her*](https://film.one/film/away-from-her.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Daniel Iron is a Canadian film and television producer. He began his career as legal counsel at Telefilm Canada after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1987. He later joined Rhombus Media, becoming a partner, and produced films including *The Red Violin* (1998) and *Last Night* (1998), as well as the television series *Slings and Arrows*.

In 2004, Iron left Rhombus to found Foundry Films. The company produced *Away from Her* (2007), *Manufactured Landscapes* (2006) and *Cairo Time* (2009). In 2013, Foundry Films was acquired by Blue Ice Pictures, where Iron serves as Canadian president of production.

Iron has received several awards, including a Genie Award for Best Motion Picture for *Away from Her* (shared) and a Genie Award for Best Documentary for *Manufactured Landscapes* (shared).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Away from Her* (2007), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/away-from-her.md)
- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Fi1m 85, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

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

- *Kissing Is the Easy Part* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Match* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Takeout* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Revival* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Invasive 2: Getaway* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Z-Suite* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Killer Body Count* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Invasive* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Slay* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Into the Weeds* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Astrid & Lilly Save the World* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *Ginny & Georgia* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Letters to Satan Claus* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Critters Attack!* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Vagrant Queen* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Spinning Out* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *The Banana Splits Movie* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Goalie* (2019), Producer
- *Killer High* (2018), Producer
- *Anthropocene: The Human Epoch* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Lake Placid: Legacy* (2018), Producer
- *The Emissary* (2017), Executive Producer
- *The Indian Detective* (2017), series, Executive Producer
- *Stickman* (2017), Producer
- *Neverknock* (2017), Producer
- *The Drop-In* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Madiba* (2017), series, Producer
- *Kandahar Journals* (2015), Technical Advisor
- *Watermark* (2013), Executive Producer
- *The Bastard Sings the Sweetest Song* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster* (2011), Executive Producer
- *The Bang Bang Club* (2011), Producer
- *The Man Who Saved Geometry* (2009), Producer
- *Cairo Time* (2009), Producer
- *Act of God* (2009), Producer
- *Murder on Her Mind* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul* (2007), Producer
- *Away from Her* (2007), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/away-from-her.md)
- *Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara* (2007), Producer
- *Manufactured Landscapes* (2006), Producer
- *Fido* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Last Exit* (2006), Producer
- *Childstar* (2004), Producer
- *Clean* (2004), Co-Producer
- *Luck* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Slings & Arrows* (2003), series, Producer
- *The Saddest Music in the World* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen* (2002), Producer
- *The Red Violin* (1998), Co-Producer
- *Last Night* (1998), as Wild Guy #2 · Producer
- *Sarabande* (1997), Co-Producer
- *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (1996), Producer
- *Satie and Suzanne* (1996), Producer
- *September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill* (1994), Co-Producer
- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Associate Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture 2008: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Motion Picture (won), for *Away from Her*
- Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series 2006: Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series (won), for *Slings and Arrows*

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

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