Daniel Algrant

Daniel Algrant was born on September 25th, 1959 in New York City. While attending school he moved in with his grandmother in Cromwell, Connecticut . Algrant attended Phillips Academy Andover High School at just 12 years old. He attended Andover for four years where he began filmmaking. Algrant's first feature film, Naked in New York (1993) was executive produced by Martin Scorsesse and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The cast includes Eric Stolz, Mary- Louise Parker, Ralph Macchio, along with Tony Curtis, Kathleen Turner, Tim Dalton and Whoopi Goldberg. It won the Critics Prize at the Deauville International Film Festival and went on to compete at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The New York Times called the film "as knowing and clever as it is charming." Following the success of Naked in New York (1993), Algrant went on to direct episodes of the popular sitcom Sex and The City (1999-2000). Algrant went on to do People I Know (2002) starring Al Pacino. A film about vete