Dan Trachtenberg

Dan Trachtenberg (born May 11, 1981) is an American filmmaker and podcast host.

He is best known for directing the films 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) and Prey (2022), the former earning him a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. For television, he directed the pilot episodes of The Boys (2019) and The Lost Symbol (2021), the latter of which he also served as an executive producer.

Trachtenberg was one of three hosts of The Totally Rad Show podcast and a former co-host of the Geekdrome podcast. He also directed episodes for the Ctrl+Alt+Chicken podcast, all hosted at Revision3. He directed the 2011 short film Portal: No Escape, an episode of Black Mirror entitled “Playtest,” and various television commercials and public service announcements.

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Known For

Not in library

Scam School

2008

Not in library

The Totally Rad Show

2007

Acting

2018 Learned Behavior: Special Features at Work as Self

2008 Scam School as Self (1 episode)

2007 The Totally Rad Show as Self - Host (43 episodes)

Directing

2025 Predator: Badlands Director

2025 Predator: Killer of Killers Director In Library

2022 Prey Director

2021 Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Director

2019 The Boys Director

2016 10 Cloverfield Lane Director

2011 More Than You Can Chew Director

2011 Black Mirror Director

2010 BlackBoxTV Presents Director

2003 Kickin' Director

Writing

2025 Predator: Badlands Story

2025 Predator: Killer of Killers Story In Library

2022 Prey Story

2011 More Than You Can Chew Story

2010 BlackBoxTV Presents Writer

2003 Kickin' Writer

— MILK Idea

Production

2025 Predator: Killer of Killers Producer In Library

2025 Predator: Badlands Producer

2021 Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Executive Producer

2019 The Boys Executive Producer

Camera

1998 Phantasm IV: Oblivion Key Grip