Danny LeinerFilmography

Occupation:: Director, Producer

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Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

Crew: Director, Executive Producer

Actors: Seann William Scott, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: An overenthusiastic high-school maintenance man attempts to lead an unlikely group of misfits to the Nebraska state tennis championship in Dude, Where's My Car? director Danny Leiner's underdog sports comedy. American Pie star Seann William Scott stars as the ambitious janitor who believes he has Read More

2008
The Architect

Crew: Producer

Actors: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan

Synopsis: Tonya Neely (Viola Davis) is a neighborhood activist on the south side of Chicago, trying to get her community to rally to tear down Eden Court, the dangerous housing project where she lives. After a family tragedy, she sent her youngest daughter, Cammie (Serena Reeder), off to live with friends Read More

12/1/06
The Great New Wonderful

Crew: Director, Producer

Actors: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Olympia Dukakis, Judy Greer, Naseeruddin Shah

Synopsis: A collection of everyday New Yorkers struggle to carry on with their increasingly stressful lives a year after the city was forever changed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Brooklyn-native Danny Leiner's ensemble-cast slice of life. Dr. Trabulous (Tony Shalhoub) is a gifted psychologist with a Read More

6/23/06
The Sopranos: Luxury Lounge

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Christopher and Little Carmine take a trip to Hollywood where they court Ben Kingsley for their movie and have an encounter with Lauren Bacall. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Crew: Director

Actors: John Cho, Kal Penn, Paula Garcés, Neil Patrick Harris, David Krumholtz

Synopsis: Directed by Danny Leiner, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle follows the life-changing (and mind-altering) journey of Korean-American investment banker Harold (John Cho) and Indian-American medical-school candidate Kumar (Kal Penn). Both underdogs, Harold and Kumar decide to spend what would have Read More

7/30/04
The Mind of the Married Man [TV Series]

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Advertised as a male variation on the cutting-edge HBO comedy series Sex and the City, The Mind of the Married Man was produced in 1999 (as My Dirty Little Mind), but did not make its broadcast debut until September 23, 2001 (and at that, it was unveiled one week later than its scheduled September Read More

2001
Gilmore Girls: Run Away, Little Boy

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Just when Lorelai (Lauren Graham) is convinced that she has gotten over her former fiancé Max, she receives a belated wedding present with no card attached. In hopes of achieving closure, Lorelai goes out on her first date since the breakup. Her escort is Paul (Bryce Johnson), a fellow Read More

2001
The Tick [TV Series]

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Based on the FOX animated series The Tick created by Ben Edlund and first aired in 1994, this live-action superhero sitcom premiered on FOX in November of 2001. Patrick Warburton dons the blue suit to play lovable hyperbolic superhero The Tick and David Burke plays his winged weakling sidekick Read More

2001
Dude, Where's My Car?

Crew: Director

Actors: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Kristy Swanson, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff

Synopsis: The startling effects of chemically induced short-term memory loss provide the backdrop for this resinous teen comedy. Jesse (Ashton Kutcher) and Chester (Seann William Scott) are two hard-partying dudes who wake up after a very long night on the town to discover they've forgotten the presents Read More

12/15/00
Freaks and Geeks: We've Got Spirit

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Still reeling from a singularly creepy/embarrassing bonding moment, Lindsay (Linda Cardinelli) decides it's time to break up with the chronically stoned, oddly obsessive Nick (Jason Segel). When the other Freaks get wind of her plan, they beg her not to break his heart -- but Lindsay's Read More

2000
Sports Night: Draft Day: Part 2 - The Fall of Ryan O'Brian

Crew: Director

Synopsis: Draft day proves to be catastrophic for many relationships amongst the Sports Night crew. Casey (Peter Krause) and Dan (Josh Charles) quite nearly come to blows after Dan purposefully embarrasses Casey on air, after learning of Casey's significant role in Dan's career during a previous heated Read More

2000
Strangers With Candy: Feather in the Storm

Crew: Director

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri attempts to balance her desire to be on the debate team with her growing eating disorder in this installment of the irreverent Comedy Central series. Confessing her desire to join the debate team to Mr. Noblot (Stephen Colbert), the hungry teacher reveals that Jerri must lose some weight Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Season 01

Crew: Director

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri Blank's (Amy Sedaris) first semester back at Flatpoint High finds the 46-year-old ex-con, ex-prostitute, and ex-drug addict high school freshman attempting to pull her life together. From her initial bid for popularity to her total relapse into drug addition, the first season of Strangers With Candy Read More

1999
Strangers With Candy: Jerri is Only Skin Deep

Crew: Director

Actors: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Dolores Duffy, Jack Ferver, Orlando Pabotoy, Mitch Rouse, Deborah Rush, Maria Thayer, Sarah Thyre

Synopsis: Jerri's (Amy Sedaris) desperate bid to become homecoming queen yields predictably disastrous results in this episode of Comedy Central's Strangers With Candy. Encouraged by Orlando (Orlando Pabotoy) to nominate herself as homecoming queen, Jerri's hopes are quickly dashed when Mr. Noblot (Stephen Colbert Read More

1999
Felicity: Connections

Crew: Director

1999
Felicity: Thanksgiving

Crew: Director

1998
Layin' Low

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jeremy Piven, Louise Lasser

Synopsis: In this crime comedy, a wastrel is helping his girlfriend move into a new apartment and accidentally stumbles into a drug theft gone awry that leaves his girlfriend dead and him literally holding the bag. Within that bag is a fortune in illegal narcotics and Jerry realizes that he has no choice Read More

1996