Daniel made his narrative feature producing and directing debut with
Comic Evangelists in 2006. In 2002, as a Reuters youth reporter, Jones
produced and directed a feature length documentary titled "Two Weeks in
Johannesburg." The film followed the experience of young people at the
World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Upon graduating from Hunter College in New York with a degree in
Environmental Science, he founded Blanket Statement Productions and
worked as an independent producer, cinematographer, and editor for
several companies and projects including the Global Lives Project,
Generation Excel, and the Morris K. Udall Foundation. While Comic
Evangelists was in production in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Jones worked as a
supervisor in the Education for the Arts Media Lab, a state-of-the-art
media center for high school students.
He is currently an MFA candidate at American University's Film and
Video program in Washington, DC, and runs the website
www.theblanketstatement.com.