Daniel Lindeen
A lamp-lit interior from a Daniel Lindeen short film

Daniel Lindeen

A filmmaker with a deep love for people — and a deep creative toolkit.

Watch the reel → Start a project

FilmsWeddingsDocumentary PhotographySouthern California

Daniel Lindeen crouched on a rock in a dark suit, hills behind him

Hello

Storytelling has always been how I connect with people.

Over the years I’ve developed the skills it takes to bring those stories to life. While I have the experience to take a project from start to finish on my own, I believe the best work comes from meaningful collaboration — and I’d love to partner with you on your next story.

From scrappy short films at 13 to award-winning productions, every step has deepened my passion for telling stories that feel real and resonate with the human on the other side of the screen.

My résumé See the films

Selected films

Short films, and the awards they picked up.

Tabitha and Leo standing at their roadside potato stand in Leo’s Potatoes

Short film

Leo’s Potatoes
A man alone in a dark field at night with a shovel, from $200,000

Short film

$200,000
An older man sitting by a window in soft daylight, from Dementia

Short film

Dementia
Three old televisions standing in a snowy field, from the We Don’t Believe What’s on TV music video

Music video

We Don’t Believe What’s on TV

All films & credits →

What I do

Three ways we might work together.

A proposal on one knee at the rim of the Grand Canyon

Weddings & engagements

For your engagement or your wedding day, I’ll tell the story of it in a film you actually want to rewatch.

Wedding films →
A woman laughing on a sofa during a commercial shoot

Brand & documentary

Docu-shorts, training videos, live event coverage, company promos, and everything in between.

Commercial work →
A film crew watching a take in a brick warehouse

Photography

Weddings, portraits, events and the places in between — shot the same way I shoot film.

The photographs →

Photography

Fifty frames.

See them all →
A couple hold each other at sunset on the rocks above the Pacific A bride and groom kiss, seen through the window of their car Groomsmen laugh as they reach in to toast with cans A couple stand together in a field of yellow wildflowers Overhead black and white frame of the groomsmen lined up on pavement Two pairs of hands together, an engagement ring catching the light Reception tables laid for dinner under strings of warm light A proposal on one knee at the rim of the Grand Canyon A woman sits in an open van doorway with the ocean behind her A wide marsh and river running below red rock mesas

The reel

Watch what I can do.

Ninety seconds of narrative, commercial and documentary work, cut together.

Play the reel →
A frame from Daniel Lindeen’s reel

Let’s make something

Tell me about your story.

Weddings, brand films, documentary, photography — if there are people in it, I want to hear about it.

Start a project → daniellindeen@gmail.com