Daniel Meersand
Writer · Born June 13, 1982 (44) · Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Dan walked away from an award-winning career in television to attend the world-renowned American Film Institute Conservatory. He began working as a production assistant on feature films in his senior year in high school. After paying his dues in several late night comedy shows, Dan established himself in sports television. He was an associate producer and writer for NBC's coverage of the Athens Olympics and a producer and contributing writer for the short lived ESPN series "Classic Now". Dan is a 2008 screenwriting graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory. At AFI he collaborated with writer/director Nick Simon on their thesis film, "The 7th Claus", an official selection at the CineVegas International Film Festival. Upon graduation, Dan co-wrote the feature length film "Removal" (co-written and directed by Simon), which premiered at the 2010 AFI FEst and was an official selection at the 2010 Dubai International Film Festival. Removal was picked up for distribution by Lionsgate Films in 2011. In collaboration with director/producer Alexandre Aja and 20th Century Fox, Dan co-wrote "The Pyramid" with Nick Simon, which opens world wide in 2014/2015. Prior to AFI and his screenwriting career, Dan spent five years in sports television concurrent to working on his bachelors degree in film production from CUNY Brooklyn College, where he wrote/produced/directed four short films that played at festivals throughout New York City.
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Biography from IMDb.
- June 13, 1982 (44)
- Kodiak, Alaska, USA
- Writer
- 3 on MovieCove
Known for
What are Daniel Meersand's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
A split, not a type: Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 1 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 3
Steady 0 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 2
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 0 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 1
A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Daniel Meersand's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Meersand's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
3 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Coyotes(2025)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
The Pyramid(2014)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Removal(2010)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 3 titles from 2010 to 2025.
How do Daniel Meersand's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 8th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 16th percentile for acclaim.
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the dialogue 32/100 and the plot and story 40/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Daniel Meersand work with?
People who share at least 2 of Daniel Meersand's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Simon shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Nick SimonShared titles: Coyotes (2025), The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Nick Simon
Composers
- Nima FakhraraShared titles: The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Nima Fakhrara
Producers
- Chady Eli MattarShared titles: The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Chady Eli Mattar
- David HopwoodShared titles: The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 2 shared titles with David Hopwood
- Mark CantonShared titles: The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Canton
- Robert O. KaplanShared titles: The Pyramid (2014), Removal (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Robert O. Kaplan
