Daniel Lindeen

Films

Short films, music videos and the festivals that took them.

Written, directed and cut by me — most of them with a very small crew and a very long weekend.

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

Short film

Leo’s Potatoes

An emotionally damaged hoarder and backyard potato farmer is forced to face his fear of parting with his things when Tabitha, his anxious ex-wife and business partner, is in danger of losing her RV.

Written and directed by Daniel Lindeen

  • Winner — Best Short Script, Hollywood Gold Awards
  • Winner — Best Short Film, World Indie Film Awards

Watch Leo’s Potatoes →

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

Short film

$200,000

A man risks his morals for a chance at $200,000 by digging up a body with his questionable associate.

Written and directed by Daniel Lindeen

  • Official Selection — 2020 AFA Film Festival, nominated for Sound Design
  • Finalist — 2020 Oniros Film Festival

Watch $200,000 →

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

Short film

Dementia

A film about memory, and what happens to us when it’s gone.

Written, directed and edited by Daniel Lindeen

  • Finalist — 2019 Oniros Film Festival

Watch 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

A music video for the Twenty One Pilots song of the same name.

Directed and edited by Daniel Lindeen

  • Winner — Best Overall Film, Steamboat Springs Student Film Festival 2016
  • Four further festival awards

Watch We Don’t Believe What’s on TV →

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