Danny Bilson
| Danny Bilson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Daniel Bilson July 25, 1956 Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Writer, director, producer |
| Spouse(s) | Janice Stango (1980–1990;1 child) Heather Medway (1997–present; 2 children) |
Daniel "Danny" Bilson (born July 25, 1956) is an American writer, director, and producer of movies, television, videogames, and comic books. With his writing partner Paul DeMeo, Danny Bilson wrote the movie The Rocketeer (1991), the video game James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2003), the television series The Sentinel (1996), Viper (1994, 1996) and The Flash (1990), and issues of the comic book The Flash. Bilson also directed and produced The Sentinel and The Flash.
Bilson was born in Los Angeles, the son of Mona (Weichman) and the director Bruce Bilson (Bewitched, Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes).
His daughter, Rachel Bilson (born on August 25, 1981) is an actress, notable for her role in The O.C.. He has two other daughters, Hattie Elizabeth Bilson, born December 19, 2001, and Rosemary, born February 10, 2007.
Bilson graduated from California State University, San Bernardino. There he met and teamed up with long-time writing partner Paul DeMeo, and together they formed Pet Fly Productions.
After college, Bilson struggled to break into the movie business, working as an extra while writing screenplays. Bilson and DeMeo produced their first script, Trancers (1985), a noir tale about a time-travelling detective from the future. Five sequels were made.
Bilson debuted as a director for Zone Troopers (1985), co-written by DeMeo, a tale of American World War II soldiers who find an alien spacecraft. Following this, the duo performed the same roles in The Wrong Guys (1988) a comedic spoof of boy scouting.
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