---
name: "Daniel Pearle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-pearle"
fi1m_id: "daniel-pearle"
imdb_id: "nm7124870"
tmdb_id: 1857699
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:36:18.707077+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 Pearle

## Identity

Daniel Pearle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-pearle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-pearle
- **IMDb ID:** nm7124870
- **TMDB ID:** 1857699
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7124870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1857699

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 2016–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 67 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7124870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1857699

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*American Crime Story*](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67)

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

## Biography

Daniel Pearle is an American playwright and screenwriter. He began in theatre, with plays produced at Lincoln Center Theater, London’s Old Vic, the Vineyard Theatre and regional venues. He holds a BA from Harvard University and an MFA from the New School for Drama, and is an alum of Ars Nova’s Play Group and a MacDowell Fellow.

His feature adaptation of his play *A Kid Like Jake* premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Television credits include writing for *American Crime Story* (2021), *One of Us Is Lying* (2021), *Accused* (2023–2024) and *The Beast in Me* (2025), on which he also serves as executive producer. He received a Humanitas New Voices Grant and a Writers Guild of America nomination.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *American Crime Story* (2016), Fi1m 78, Writer, Story Editor — [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Writer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Accused* (2023), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *One of Us Is Lying* (2021), series, Teleplay
- *Minyan* (2020), Writer
- *Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists* (2019), series, Writer
- *A Kid Like Jake* (2018), Writer, Story, Adaptation
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, Story Editor, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)

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