Daniel Zimbler is a multi-SAFTA Award winning TV and filmmaker who has executive produced, developed, written and directed popular, character-driven, genre-spanning, award-winning comedy and drama work that has reached millions of viewers worldwide.  Daniel executive produced two seasons of the multi SAFTA-winning Showmax hit comedy series ‘Tali’s Wedding Diary/Baby Diary’, writing and directing on the second season which was hailed as SA's best television series of 2021 by Media24, and is currently working on the third. Among many film and television credits, he was Head Writer on MNet’s popular telenovela ‘IsiThembiso’ for two seasons, winning the SAFTA for TV writing in 2019. He wrote for forthcoming TV drama ‘Spinners’ for Canal+, and led development on the 8-part historical epic about Shaka Zulu for MNet (Shaka Ilembe, 2023). He is the co-creator, executive producer, and co-writer of the forthcoming choose-your-own-adventure comedy series for DSTV, ‘Flow With It’ (2022). Daniel has an MFA in screenwriting and directing from Columbia University, NY. In his screenwriting work, he is represented by David Kayser at Torchwood Lit.