Daniel Kreizberg is an award-winning filmmaker. His debut short film Tahlequah the Whale: A Dance of Grief, which he wrote, directed and narrated in 2023, was awarded the “Special Mention of the Festival” at the Oscar-qualifying Animayo International Film Festival. It also received an Honorable Mention at the Jackson Wild Media Awards (“the nature equivalent to the Oscars”), the Canuto Prize at DocsMX, a Grand Jury Prize at the Blue Water Film Festival, the Animation Award at the International Ocean Film Festival, a Jury Prize at the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, a Student Jury Prize at the Lucca Film Festival, and eight Telly Awards including a Telly Gold. Tahlequah continues to travel to film festivals internationally. Daniel tells stories that focus on uncovering the truth of what it means to be alive, to help make a more compassionate world.
