Daniel Miller Duchovny (known as Danny Ducovny; also credited as Daniel Ducovny) is an actor and a director of commercials.
Duchovny was born in New York City in 1956. He is the son of Amram "Ami" Ducovny (1927âÂÂ2003), a writer and publicist who worked for the American Jewish Committee, and Margaret "Meg" (née Miller), a school administrator and teacher. 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). Dan attended Downtown Community School (DCS) in lower Manhattan where his 5th grade teacher was poet Sonia Sanchez. Dan attended The McBurney School on west 63rd Street from 6th thru 8th grades. He played shooting guard on the 8th grade basketball squad which went 10-0. Dan attended Friends Seminary from 9th grade thru 12th grade. Duchovny's mother is a Scottish immigrant from Whitehills, Aberdeen, Scotland. His father was Jewish, and his mother was Lutheran. His father dropped the h in his last name to avoid the sort of mispronunciations he encountered while serving in the Army. In the Polish language, ' 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).
In 1990, he founded his production company, Cucoloris, with partner Linda Stewart. Before moving into directing commercials and the occasional TV series episode, he had worked on several movies in the camera department.
2024 - Schindler Space Architect co-cinematographer<br> 2008 - "Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (Californication episode) — director<br> 1999 - "The Unnatural" — guest appearance in this The X-Files episode, which was written and directed by his brother David<br> 1994 - "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses" (Red Shoe Diaries episode) — director<br> 1988 - Vibes — New York director of photography <br> 1987 - Tough Guys Don't Dance — additional photographer <br> 1986 - Jumpin' Jack Flash — second unit director of photography<br> 1983 - Lillian Gish — first assistant camera <br> 1982 - ' — Cameraman <br> 1980 - Missing Persons — director of photography <br> 1980 - Fist of Fear, Touch of Death — camera operator <br> 1980 - We Are the Guinea Pigs — assistant camera and second unit camera operator