Career
As an alumnus of the American Film Institute (American Film Institute) masters directing program, Danny Buday wrote, directed, and composed the score for the American Film Institute award-winning thesis film Dependency, which was recognized as an official selection of the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, the Plus Camerimage International Film Festival, an official nominee of the Army Service Corps Heritage Cinematography Award, and voted "Best Student Film" of the Dallas Deep Ellum Film Festival. Danny also directed a second thesis film for American Film Institute, a 1940s musical entitled The Name of the Game. After graduating from American Film Institute, Danny was hired to write the teen action/thriller Kennedy High for Barry Josephson’s company Josephson Entertainment (Enchanted, Bones) and wrote an early draft of the highly acclaimed adaptation ‘Veronika Decides To Die’ for author Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) and producer Sriram Das.
Danny has an Master of Fine Arts in directing from the American Film Institute (American Film Institute) and a bachelor"s degree in Business Marketing from California State University at Long Beach.