Education
Harvard University.
Harvard University.
Some of Brenner"s film composition is credited as "Danny Brenner," while some of his acting work is credited as "Daniel Brenner." He is credited as Producer on the Civil Defense Mission. In 2011, Brenner released a solo Civil Defense, Little Dark Angel, produced by nine-time Grammy Winner Jay Newland. Little Dark Angel featured Larry Campbell (guitar, pedal steel, banjo, fiddle, mandolin), Will Lee (bass), Shawn Pelton (drums), Brian Mitchell (keyboard, harmonica, and accordion), and former Morphine member Dana Colley (saxophone, bass clarinet).
Several songs from Little Dark Angel received airplay on American college radio stations, reaching the top 10 at 6 stations, and peaking at #2 on WVIC in Ithaca New New York
Brenner has written the scores for three feature films, including Rhythm Thief (Special Jury Prize at Sundance, 1995), Spare Maine (Priz Tournage winner Avignon Film Festival, 1993), and The Riddle (aka Sasha’s Riddle, winner Long Island Film Festival, 2010, official selection Toronto Film Festival 1997). Brenner also co-wrote the script for The Riddle, for which he was awarded the 2010 Mario Puzo Screenplay Award.
He was a member of the Boston bands Green Fuse and Gunga Din in the early 1990s, and prior to that, while a student at Harvard College, The Love Monsters, with brothers Matt Wilson and Dan Wilson, who later formed the Minneapolis bands Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic.
