Daniel Byers

“Eradication” is at its best when describing the crumbling psyche of a man cut off from everyday interactions while being under surveillance — an exaggerated version of the way many of us live now. What really gets to David, after all, is not so much monstrous ghouls created by a virus, but being alone."

Five Horror Movies to Stream Now | The New York Times | August 19, 2022

"This slow-burn plague-survival film directed by Daniel Byers, which he co-wrote with Aspinwall, explores deception and isolation with strategically positioned twists that will keep you guessing."

TUBI EXCLUSIVE: Eradication (2022) | B&S About Movies | July 17 2022

“I’d dare say it’s one of the best Tubi originals that have come out so far.”

ERADICATION Launches on TUBI! June 15 2022

“Daniel Byers and Harry Aspinwall have crafted an intense horror-thriller that will surely keep the audience glued to the screen until the last frame.”

Making a Pandemic Horror/Thriller During a Pandemic: The Quarantine-and-Bubble Strategy of Banishment | by Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker Magazine, Aug 10, 2020

"Once we were on set together, the set was completely isolated from the rest of the world."

THE LION AND THE FIREBIRD

Interview: A Sloan-supported Virtual Production | by Sarah Luciano, Sloan Science & Film | May 3, 2022

Meet the Filmmakers Behind 2022 CUFF: 'The Lion & The Firebird' | by EMILY JOHNSON, Columbia School of the Arts, April 26, 2022

"The scene is kinetic, but fluid, urgent, but beautiful. It’s just one example of the film’s wonderful use of color: elsewhere you’ll find dramatic reds, fiery oranges and umbers, more moody, crepuscular blues..."

Fil-Am plays lead in short film 'The Lion and the Firebird' | by Don Tagala, TFC News New York, Mar 21 2022

"To create the backdrop for 40,000 BC, Byers shot the movie at the world stage in Times Square, making history as the first low budget independent film to be shot entirely on an LED virtual set, which was popularized by the Star Wars hit series 'The Mandalorian.'"

MORE NEWS & PUBLICATIONS

Meet Daniel Byers | Director & Writer | Shoutout LA | October 10, 2022

“'You either die a hero or live to become the monster' (to paraphrase Nietzsche and Harvey Dent) is a pretty good cautionary saying – unless you like monsters. I love monsters."

Daniel Byers Creates a Cannibalistic Return to the Atlanta Horror Film Festival with ‘Ice Man’ | by Ismael Abdusalaam, BEATS BOXING MAYHEM, September 13, 2019

"Two years ago, Daniel Byers set horror festival circuit on fire with Bloodyback, a 30+ minute frenetic battle against zombie hordes set in the historical military backdrop of the French and Indian War. Byers, who wrote and directed that project, is returning to the Atlanta Horror Film Festival this weekend with more gory havoc in Ice Man."

La Sobretaula: Daniel Byers | Empanada Cultural, 2019

Interview re: Terror Molins Film Festival and "Penumbra" making of.

"Zuni in the Grand Canyon." Advances in Archaeological Practice. Cambridge University Press, August 2020. Cover Photo.

Horror House Party: “Bloodyback.” Showings on Retro TV, The Action Channel, The Monster Channel, Eerie Horror Late Night. Oct 13 2021.

Study identifies danger glacial lakes across Tibetan Plateau | by Jonathan Amos, BBC, 10 April 2019. Featured Photo.

Ernie Trinidad Reviews: "Screamfest 2017 - The Shorts." Oct 21, 2017. Review, Bloodyback.

“Afghanistan Snow Leopards.” | by David Knox, National Geographic News: Big Cat Week. February 27, 2013.

"Tracking Elusive Snow Leopard in Afghanistan." | ABC News. 2013.

"Visions of Mustang." | by Daniel Byers. Anthropology Now. April 2012. Cover Photo. Cover Story.

"US Team Brings Gift of Sight to 1000 Nepalese." | by Jeeff Blumenfeld, The Active Times. April 1, 2013.

:Expedition to a New Glacial Lake." Fabio Esteban, National Geographic Newswatch. 2011. Photo & Video.

Lake Imja: A Climate Disaster Waiting to Happen. | Suzanne Goldenberg, UK Guardian, Oct 2011. Photo & Video.

"Glacial Lake Outburst Floods: 'The Threat From Above.'" | by Kate Diamond, New Security Beat, November 18, 2011. Photo & Video.

"Paradise in Peril – The Vanishing Rio Platano Reserve." | Intercontinental Cry

"Rio Platano Invaded from All Sides." | Michelle Schusterman, Matador Network, Mar 9, 2012.

"Paradise in Peril – Video Report on the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve." Indigenous People's Issues, 2010.

"Perilous Journey Across the Himalayas." National Geographic Newswatch, 2010. 13 Photos features.

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