Background
With around two decades of professional experience working in television, advertising, film, and public relations, Daniel Kolen has extensive experience seeing projects from beginning through to the end. His work has appeared on Showtime, History, BIO, PBS, CNBC, toured the festival circuit, and appeared direct to businesses and organizations online.
From editing TV commercials airing from the U.S. to Europe, to producing a film with worldwide distribution, to writing for true crime, to being one-person production shop for a wide array of organizations--he has a unique set of experiences.
Kolen is available for remote and on-site projects nationwide. You can connect with him at dkolen@gmail.com .
Film, TV, & Advertising Experience
American Cancer Society - Documentary shorts (2019) - Yellowing Productions - Producer
Biography Channel - The Abduction of Jaycee Dugard (2012) - Kurtis Productions - Associate Producer
CNBC - American Greed: Deadly Rich, 6 episodes (2018) - Kurtis Productions - Story Producer, Field Producer, Associate Producer
CNBC - Crime Inc.: Stolen Goods (2011) - Kurtis Productions - Co-Producer
CNBC - Crime Inc.: Illegal Gambling (2009), Counterfeit Goods (2010), Human Trafficking (2011), Prescription Drugs (2011) - Kurtis Productions - Associate Producer
DKMedia, LLC - The Inside Singers (2024) - Director
Getaway Plane - The Paralytic (2025) - Co-Producer
History - Gangland: One Blood (2008) - Towers Productions - Associate Producer
Onion Labs - EDGE (2015) - Onion Productions - Production Manager, and Production Coordinator (2015) on web ads for XFinity, Quaker State, Allegra, Carnival, Tomcat, Anheuser-Busch, and Nickelodeon.
OWN - Development (2012) - Kinetic Content - Casting Associate
Political - US Senate, House, and State Senate Races (2012, 2014, 2016) - AL Media - Producer and Editor, and Left Hook Strategy (2025-26)
PBS - Retirement Revolution (2008, 2009) - Boyer Productions/WTTW - Producer and Assistant Producer
Showtime - Dead Draw (2017) - Rocket3 - Producer
Weather - Weather Changed History: Nagasaki (2008) - Towers Productions - Associate Producer
Writing
AGD Impact - The Latest in Eco-Friendly Dentistry - May, 2020
Mountain Rose Herbs - Our Story - October, 2017
Chicago Gazette - Law Makes it Difficult to Recall Governor, pg 1, pg 2 - June, 2016
AGD Impact - Dream Team - August, 2019
Web-Based Projects
Ada S. McKinley (produced by Rick Roberts, Horizons Communications Group) - Whatever He Wants to Be (2018), Thank You (2018), Head Start PSAs (2017), People’s Gas Days of Service (2016), Revey Sorey Trunk Scholarship (2016), HSBC’s Rebuilding Chicago (2016)
AgArts - Farm-to-Artist Residency (2019)
Brave New Films - Voter Suppression and Military Industrial Complex projects (2012)
City of Eugene, Oregon - (sub)Urban Projections (2015)
Council for Library and Information Resources - OpenLab: Ignite (2016)
Degerberg Academy of Martial Arts - 10th Degree Promotion Ceremony for Grand Master Fred Degerberg (2015)
Hutchinson, Cox - More than a dozen videos about the firm and the attorneys (2012-2019)
International Herb Symposium - Promo videos for herbal events (2023 & 2025)
Lake Forest College - Digital Chicago (2016-18)
Mountain Rose Herbs - How We Do Sustainability (2018), Protecting At-Risk Botanicals (2018), Essential Oils (2018), Life of an Order (2017), Our Story (2017), Our Farms (2017), and Our Quality (2017)
Maine Township HS District 207 - More than 100 storytelling, profile, and news videos 2019-2024.
Sacred Space International (produced by Rick Roberts, Horizons Communications Group) - Sacred Spaces (2014), Parliament of the World’s Religions video (2015), Six Models of the Parliament (2018)
United Security (produced by Rick Roberts, Horizons Communications Group) - United Security Services, Inc. Trade Show Group (2015)
W.W. Norton - More than 100 videos for Psychology in Your Life, editions 1-3 (2013-2019)