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American TV and film director
Daniel Duchovny
BornDaniel Miller Duchovny
1956 (age 67–68)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesDanny Ducovny
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1980–present
FatherAmram Ducovny
RelativesDavid 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.

Early life

Duchovny was born in New York City in 1956. 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. 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). 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, 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).

Career

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.

Filmography

2024 - Schindler Space Architect co-cinematographer
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

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    ... my father being a Russian Jew ....

  8. "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.

  9. "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."

  10. "David Duchovny: 'My fantasy was to be Nietzsche'". The Independent. June 10, 2004. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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  12. Wild, David (May 16, 1996). "X-Files Undercover". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
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  15. "Was David Duchovny's Family From Ukraine or Russia?". The Huffington Post. July 30, 2014.
  16. "David Duchovny Interview for "Phantom"". facebook.com.
  17. "Five Minutes With David Duchovny". Gothamist. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013.
  18. "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)
  19. "Get to know all about the family of X-Files star David Duchovny". fnwmb.s3.amazonaws.com.
  20. "SIBLING REVELRY". adage.com.

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