Biography

Daniel P. Hanley is an American film editor. His career spans three decades in film editing, starting from the early 1980's. He started his career with the TV series, Laverne & Shirley (1976) in the year 1980. Some of his notable work include Parenthood (1989), Problem Child (1990), Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Da Vinci Code (2006), and Angels & Demons (2009) Many of his movies have been made in association with Ron Howard, a leading film director for whom he, along with 'Mike Hill (I)'qv), have edited many movies, some of which include Night Shift (1982), Willow (1988), Cinderella Man (2005) and The Dilemma (2011). Together 'Daniel P Hanley' and 'Mike Hill (I)'qv) have won an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995) in the year 1996 and were nominated nine times for various other awards including thrice for Academy Awards. They have also won the Editors of the Year award in the Hollywood Film Festival in the year 2008 and Sierra Award in the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards in the same year.
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His partnership with Mike Hill editing Ron Howard films.

As of 2023, he has contributed with the editing of three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Apollo 13 (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Frost/Nixon (2008). Of those, A Beautiful Mind (2001) is a winner in the category.