Danielle Weinberg

An award-winning writer and published author since the third grade, Danielle recently sold an original romcom script to Johnson Production Group. Her whodunit play MURDER, PARTY OF TEN was featured in the 2023 New Works Festival of the Long Beach Shakespeare Company, and four festivals selected her comedic short film DOWN WITH THE SHIP. She is the writer-director of the upcoming sci-fi comedy INVASION '53, starring Jeffrey Combs.

Danielle is a graduate of the Writing Seminars at the Johns Hopkins University, where she also earned a degree in Film & Media Studies. She has an M.F.A. in Feature Film Screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

She worked for Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (STAR TREK, SLEEPY HOLLOW) and developed projects for Orlando Jones and Legion of Creatives.

Danielle's writing style is light, witty, and playful, and her influences include Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, and Steven Spielberg.

A proud Marylander, Danielle is passionate about classic Hollywood, Sherlock Holmes, Disneyland, swimming, Bing Crosby, the Anaheim Ducks, and the Washington Capitals.

Honors & Awards

The Best of the IWC - IRL - 2024

non-WGA

Female, 40+

IRL

(Feature – comps: ROXANNE, YOU'VE GOT MAIL)

"Cyrano" in the world of online gaming: Romantic but insecure war vet Landon helps his hunky best friend win the heart of an amazing girl — a player in Landon’s online video game — even though Landon is in love with her!

COASTAL WATCH

(Feature)

In the vein of Hitchcock's REAR WINDOW: A recently traumatized teen witnesses a murder in the beach house across the street, but when no one believes her, she seeks out the answers herself and finds her own life in jeopardy.

CURIOSITY

(Pilot – comps: CASTLE, VERONICA MARS)

Sherlock Holmes with a sci-fi twist: An outgoing young undergrad teams with a brilliant but socially inept A.I. researcher to solve baffling murder cases — and gradually comes to realize that her genius partner is the world's first android.

Character-driven, Female-centric, Thriller, Procedural, Romantic, Sci-Fi, Coming-of-Age, YA

Female, 40+

unrepped