EVA DANIELS PRODUCTIONS

Eva Daniels Productions is an independent financing and production company based in New York and Los Angeles. The company’s mission is to produce smart and meaningful feature films that inspire and entertain.

Originally from Iceland, Eva Maria Daniels studied business and philosophy at the University of Iceland and completed an additional degree in film production in Copenhagen in 2003. Her first major industry position was with the Oscar winning company The Mill where she served as an Executive Producer in their London office and built their first digital intermediate department from the ground up. During her tenure there, Eva also sourced new business for the company from around the world, worked on international, award-winning commercials for clients such as Sony, Levi's, Nike and Adidas, and worked closely with high profile artists including Madonna and Sigur Ros on their directorial projects.

In 2007, Eva relocated to New York to head up and oversee the feature film department for Company 3, allowing her to collaborate with many of the most talented and respected names in the film industry today. Working on both independent and major studio films including Sweeny Todd; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Confessions of a Shopaholic, The Taking of Pelham 123, Where the Wild Things Are, The Road, It’s Complicated, Brooklyn’s Finest, The Switch, Sorcerer’s Apprentice and How Do You Know.

In 2010, Eva moved to Los Angeles to start up her own company; Eva Daniels Productions.

Eva is also the co-founder of Gallery for the People, an online art gallery launched in 2012 with a commitment to work with diverse, intellectually driven and unconventional artists focused on abstract work, paintings, mixed media and photography.

THE ROMANTICS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION) (2010)

Studio: Paramount Famous

Writer: Galt Niederhoffer

Director: Galt Niederhoffer

Cast: Katie Holmes, Anna Paquin, Josh Duhamel, Adam Brody, Candice Bergen and Elijah Wood

Takes place over the course of one night at a deluxe seaside wedding. Seven close friends reconvene to watch two of their own tie the knot. Laura, is maid of honor to Lila, her golden girl best friend. The two have long rivaled over the groom, Tom. The love triangle comes to a head the night before the wedding when the drunken friends frolic in the nearby surf and return to shore without the groom.

A zeitgeist love story and generational comedy about love, destiny and other events you just can\\\'t plan for.

GOATS (EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION) (2012)

Studio: Red Crown Productions

Writer: Mark Poirier

Director: Christopher Neil

Cast: David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Ty Burrell, Keri Russell, Justin Kirk and Graham Phillips

Hilarious and poignant; the story follows 15 year-old Ellis as he moves from Wendy, his flakey, new age mother’s South-Western home to an East Coast prep school where his estranged father Frank was once a star student. For Ellis, this means leaving behind the only real dad he has ever known, Goat Man, his pot-smoking, goat herding mentor, and ultimately needing to evaluate his new prep school lifestyle that’s in stark contrast to his stoner upbringing.

A witty reversal of the coming of age formula, a beautifully honest portrayal of life with its rough edges, awkward moments and non-endings.

WHAT MAISIE KNEW (EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION) (2012)

Studio: Red Crown Productions

Writers: Henry James (Novel), Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne (Screenplay)

Directors: Scott McGehee and David Siegel

Cast: Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgard, Joanna Vanderham, Steve Coogan and Onata Aprile

A contemporary revisioning of the Henry James novella, transposed to New York City, the story revolves around unwitting 7-year-old Maisie, caught in the middle of a custody battle between her mother Susanna, a rock and roll icon, and her father, Beale, an European art dealer. In a race to win the court’s advantage, Beale marries Maisie’s nanny, Margo, prompting Susanna in turn to marry friend and local bartender, Lincoln. Both forced into a battle neither wishes to be a part of, Margo and Lincoln come to empathize with Maisie’s position and over time with one another’s.

Darkly comic and emotionally compelling, What Maisie Knew is an evocative portrayal of the chaos and complexity of adult life seen entirely from a child’s point of view.

JOBS (FINANCE ADVISORY) (2013)

Studio: Five Star Institute

Writer: Matt Whiteley

Director: Joshua Michael Stern

Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, J.K. Simmons, Dermot Mulroney and Lukas Haas

The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

END OF SENTENCE (DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION) (2013)

Studio: Eva Daniels Productions

Writer: Michael Armbruster

Director: Oskar Jonasson

Cast: TBA

A by-the-book widower and his fresh-out-of-prison son reluctantly go together on a journey to fulfill the dead mother’s puzzling request that they deliver her ashes to an obscure, far-away lake.

Project currently in development and is scheduled to go into production in 2013.

TINY DANCERS (PRODUCTION) (2014)

Studio: Eva Daniels Productions

Writers: Michael Armbruster and Shawn Ku

Director: Shawn Ku

Cast: TBA

A hard-as-nails Broadway chorus girl being forced out to pasture (at the ripe old age of 30-something) retreats to her hometown where she stumbles upon a golden opportunity to get back to Broadway - by sacrificing her dignity and leaping into the cutthroat world of little girl dance competitions.

Project currently in development and is scheduled to go into production in 2013.

CAPTIVE (DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION) (2014)

Studio: Emmett/Furla Films

Writer: Benjamin A. van der Veen

Director: TBA

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger

In Sao Paolo, a detective works to locate a real estate magnate who has been kidnapped and hidden at a landfill.

Project currently in development and is scheduled to go into production in 2013.