---
name: "Daniel Maier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-maier"
fi1m_id: "daniel-maier"
imdb_id: "nm0537430"
tmdb_id: 1220479
wikidata_id: "Q5218030"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 November 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T13:59:34.738593+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 Maier

## Identity

Daniel Maier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-maier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-maier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0537430
- **TMDB ID:** 1220479
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5218030
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Maier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5218030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537430/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220479

Writer. Born 12 November 1968 in Newcastle upon Tyne.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 November 1968, Newcastle upon Tyne
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Dan Maier
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Maier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5218030, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537430/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220479

## Biography

Daniel Maier (born 1968) is a British comedy writer and performer for television, radio, print and stage. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School of Newcastle upon Tyne. Between 2002 and 2012 he was part of the writing team for every series of the ITV series *Harry Hill's TV Burp*.

Maier has collaborated with Charlie Brooker on several projects, co-writing the Sky 1 series *A Touch of Cloth* (2012) and contributing to *Death to 2020* and *Death to 2021* (2021). He wrote two episodes of the ITV soap *Emmerdale* (2010) and created the Channel 4 quiz show *Quizness* (2021). Other television credits include *Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!* (2021), *The Peter Serafinowicz Show* and *Alistair McGowan's Big Impression*.

His radio work includes co-writing the BBC Radio 4 series *Trapped* with his brother Mark Maier, and writing and performing in shows such as *One*, *Look Away Now* and *Broken Arts*. He is the author of the one-act play *The Unattended* (2006) and the book *Footypedia* (2008).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, curtisbrown.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Harry Hill's TV Burp* (2002), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-hills-tv-burp.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Death to 2021* (2021), Writer
- *Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!* (2021), Writer
- *Tom Allen’s Quizness* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Doodlebugs* (2017), series, as Various (voice)
- *A Touch of Cloth* (2012), series, Writer
- *How TV Ruined Your Life* (2011), series, as Additional Writing
- *Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2* (2009), Writer
- *Harry Hill's TV Burp* (2002), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-hills-tv-burp.md)

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