Daniel Stamm

Daniel Stamm is a German-born writer-director who specializes in the horror genre. After writing a short film in Germany (Vergessene Ritter in 2000) and directing another short in his new base in Los Angeles (Off Hollywood & Vine in 2004), Stamm wrote and directed his debut horror film, an independent found-footage feature titled A Necessary Death (2008), which won the Audience Award at AFI Fest Los Angeles.

Although the Stamm-directed horror film, The Last Exorcist (2010), was nominated for a Best First Feature Award (along with Best Supporting Female) from the Independent Spirit Awards, it was actually Stamm’s second feature, co-produced by Eli Roth, with Patrick Fabian and Ashley Bell, and earning over $67 million globally on a $1.8 million budget.

In a project spurred by Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, Stamm co-wrote (with David Birke) and directed 13 Sins (2014), a remake of Matthew Chookiat Sakveerakul’s Thai horror movie, 13 Beloved (aka 13: Game of Death) (2006), and co-starring Mark Webber, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Ron Perlman.

After seven years of directing episodes for variation TV shows (including Fear the Walking Dead (2017)), Daniel Stamm returned to features as director of the horror film, Prey for the Devil (2022), with Jacqueline Byers, Colin Salmon, and Christian Navarro, and distributed by Lionsgate.