Daniel Duchovny
Daniel Duchovny | |
|---|---|
| Born | Daniel Miller Duchovny 1956 (age 67–68) New York City, U.S. |
| Other names | Danny Ducovny |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director[1] |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Father | Amram Ducovny |
| Relatives | David Duchovny (brother) West Duchovny (niece) |
Daniel Miller Duchovny (known as Danny Ducovny; also credited as Daniel Ducovny) is an actor and a director of commercials.[2]
Early life
[edit]Duchovny was born in New York City in 1956.[3] He is the son of Amram "Ami" Ducovny (1927–2003), a writer and publicist who worked for the American Jewish Committee, and Margaret "Meg" (née Miller), a school administrator and teacher.[4][5] He is the first son and the oldest child of three children. He has a younger brother, David (b. 1960) and a younger sister, Laurie (b. 1966).[6] Duchovny's mother is a Scottish immigrant from Whitehills, Aberdeen, Scotland.[7][8] His father was Jewish, and his mother was Lutheran.[9][10][11][12] His father dropped the h in his last name to avoid the sort of mispronunciations he encountered while serving in the Army.[4][13][14] In the Polish language, duchowny means 'clergyman', and in the Ukrainian language it means 'spiritual'. Duchovny's paternal grandfather was a Jewish emigrant from Berdychiv, Ukraine, and Duchovny's paternal grandmother was a Jewish emigrant from Congress Poland (now in Poland).[15][16][17][18]
Career
[edit]In 1990, he founded his production company, Cucoloris, with partner Linda Stewart.[19] Before moving into directing commercials and the occasional TV series episode, he had worked on several movies in the camera department.[20]
Filmography
[edit]2008 - "Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (Californication episode) — director
1999 - "The Unnatural" — guest appearance in this The X-Files episode, which was written and directed by his brother David
1994 - "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses" (Red Shoe Diaries episode) — director
1988 - Vibes — New York director of photography
1987 - Tough Guys Don't Dance — additional photographer
1986 - Jumpin' Jack Flash — second unit director of photography
1983 - Lillian Gish — first assistant camera
1982 - The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! — Cameraman
1980 - Missing Persons — director of photography
1980 - Fist of Fear, Touch of Death — camera operator
1980 - We Are the Guinea Pigs — assistant camera and second unit camera operator
References
[edit]- ^ "Working with superstar director @danny Duchovny looking good behind the rig". instagram.com.
- ^ "Looking stop by for a trim famous director @Danny Duchovny". instagram.com.
- ^ "Monitor". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1271. August 9, 2013. p. 22.
- ^ a b Hecker, Don R. (September 2, 2003). "Amram Ducovny, 75, Late-Blossoming Novelist". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ^ Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio
- ^ "Happy Birthday Meg Miller Duchovny! The double snowman—88! We love you! Danny David and Laurie". instagram.com.
- ^ "Craig Ferguson 8/10/10C Late Late Show David Duchovny". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2011-02-06. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
... my father being a Russian Jew ....
- ^ "My Kind of Day - David Duchovny". Radio Times. Dec 1995. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
My relatives are Scottish, so I think my Scottish audience is important. Some are in Glasgow, but my mum's from Aberdeen. I hear it's grey there—like my mum. The name's Russian, but New York is my home. That's where I'm from.
- ^ "David Duchovny DuchovnyNet - Article: A Man and His 'X'". Duchovny.net. October 26, 1997. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
I like that I look like my father and mother put together—that's a Russian Jew and a Scottish Lutheran, and I like that it all looks mixed up. ... I'm sure my nose wasn't an asset until I was David Duchovny. Before that, it was, like, "Yeah, that kind of Jewish-looking guy with the kind of big nose."
- ^ "David Duchovny: 'My fantasy was to be Nietzsche'". The Independent. June 10, 2004. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ Kozlov, Vladimir (July 29, 2014). "David Duchovny's Russian Beer Commercial Goes Viral (Video)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ Wild, David (May 16, 1996). "X-Files Undercover". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
- ^ "David Duchovny DuchovnyNet - Article: Cult Times 1997". Duchovny.net. Archived from the original on January 24, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ^ Peter Canavese. "Groucho Reviews: Interview: David Duchovny—House of D, Twin Peaks—03/30/05". GrouchoReviews.
- ^ "Was David Duchovny's Family From Ukraine or Russia?". The Huffington Post. July 30, 2014.
- ^ "David Duchovny Interview for "Phantom"". facebook.com.
- ^ "Five Minutes With David Duchovny". Gothamist. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013.
- ^ "A Literary Classic of Coney Island Comes to Digital Life". thebrooklynink.com. Archived from the original on December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Get to know all about the family of X-Files star David Duchovny". fnwmb.s3.amazonaws.com.
- ^ "SIBLING REVELRY". adage.com.
External links
[edit]- Daniel Duchovny at IMDb
- Cucoloris, his production company
- Liz Saunderson: Defining Ducovny, Boards (July 1, 2000)
- Relative Values: David Duchovny and Danny Ducovny, The Sunday Times (September 30, 2001)