Biography
Daniel Zirilli is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter known for his work in the action genre. He has directed films such as Invincible (2019) and Hollow Point (2019). Zirilli's career spans over two decades, during which he has collaborated with various actors and filmmakers to produce engaging action narratives.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Shark Island
2024
Writer
A tropical island photoshoot turns deadly when swimsuit models are trapped with a killer and their only escape is through shark-infested waters.

Phoenix
2023
Director, Screenplay
It follows Fiona "Phoenix" Grant, a U.S. Army veteran Sergeant teaching hand-to-hand combat skills in Afghanistan. She receives word that her father h...

The Best Man
2023
Story
Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the t...

Black Warrant
2022
Executive Producer
A semi-retired special ops assassin and a DEA agent cross paths on separate missions to stop a cyber terrorist organization that has built a dangerous...

Renegades
2022
Director
When a retired Green Beret soldier is murdered by an Albanian drug gang in London, four of his veteran SAS comrades set out to avenge him, dispensing ...

Invincible
2020
Director, Producer, Writer
Colonel John Taylor enlists billionaire inventor Leor Teska to fund a secret black site, testing Teska's new nano technology for military applications...

Acceleration
2019
Director
After being double crossed by his most trusted operative, a ruthless crime lord takes revenge by kidnapping the her son. Overwhelmed with fear, the op...

Hollow Point
2019
Director, Writer
When his wife and daughter are senselessly murdered, a grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the...

Larceny
2017
Executive Producer
After being busted for a heist, a former CIA contractor is sent to a Mexican prison. His former CIA boss offers him freedom if he can break into the p...

The Asian Connection
2016
Director, Story
Two American expatriates, Jack and Sam, unwittingly steal a drug lord's money when they rob a series of banks in Southeast Asia and become the target ...

Crossing Point
2016
Additional Dialogue, Director
A young American couple in love, Michael and Olivia vacation in Baja, but things take a frightening turn when Olivia is kidnapped by drug dealer, who ...

Bangkok Rush
2016
Director
Alex, stuck in a repeating loop of time, must navigate his way through the bustling streets of Bangkok with mysterious men on his heels trying to kill...

Isolation
2015
Producer
Inspired by the true events of a couple vacationing on a remote island in the Bahamas who are hunted by a group of modern-day pirates, after their ide...

Shark Lake
2015
Producer
Meredith Hendricks happens to be the best cop in her quiet town on Lake Tahoe. When a black-market exotic species dealer named Clint is paroled from p...

Black Beauty
2015
Writer, Director
A modern retelling of Anna Sewell’s classic novel, Black Beauty explores the heartfelt story of 15 year-old Audry who makes the discovery of a lifetim...

Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession
2015
as Self
The true story, based on a Deathbed Confession, about what really happened to Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers who escaped from Alcatraz Prison in...

Alcatraz Prison Escape: Deathbed Confession
2015
Writer
The true story, based on a Deathbed Confession, about what really happened to Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers who escaped from Alcatraz Prison in...

Locked Down
2010
Director, Writer
Danny, a respected cop, is setup after an investigation goes wrong. While laying low in his new jail cell, Danny is forced to get involved in the inma...

Beatdown
2010
Executive Producer
Brandon, a respected street fighter, is forced to flee the city after his brother is murdered and the money that was supposed to be paid back to a loc...

Circle of Pain
2010
Story, Director, Executive Producer
Following an in-ring accident, Dalton Hunt retired from the world of mixed martial arts at the top of his game. Unable to outrun his guilt, he lost hi...

The Lazarus Papers
2010
Director, Producer
Lonny Smith, a young man with a suitcase full of money, who might drop dead at any moment is searching for love with each dying breath even if he has ...

Fast Girl
2008
Director, Writer
Racing is in Alex Johnstone's blood. It was her father s life and it ultimately caused his death so her uncle Bill, who runs the local speedway, is de...

Curse of Alcatraz
2007
Director
A curse borne of torture and isolation comes to life and terrorizes a group of scientists who travel to the Alcatraz Prison to investigate a series of...

The Champagne Gang
2006
Producer, Director, Writer
The Champagne Gang is an exciting action-packed drama about four beautiful California beach girls who pull heists to pay for luxury items and surfing ...
Clash
2006
Director, Writer
Gunshot wounds put drug dealer Hector Pinero (Venegas), in a wheelchair. Soon after, Hector's father is killed by Detective Derose (Whitaker), a dange...

CrossBones
2005
Writer, Producer, Director
A group of people decide to be a part of a reality television show based around a treasure hunt on an island. Whichever contestant is lucky wins the u...

Choices II: The Setup
2005
Director
Three 6 Mafia's followup to the highly successful street movie Choices 1. After a heist goes wrong for two Memphis hustlers (DJ Paul and Juicy), they ...

Vengeance
2004
Director, Writer
Based on the true story of an old school Latino Hitman who goes through rehab and repentance after a near death experience, but is forced to fall back...

Hot Parts
2003
Writer
A stripper infiltrates a ring of car thieves to avenge her murdered brother.

Compadres
2003
Executive Producer
Seeking revenge for his brother's death, Pancho returns to Los Angeles and offers his services to dangerous crime boss Vinny in exchange for help trac...

Wrong Casa
2003
Executive Producer
Trying to earn money, Chico turns to the drug game, but things get loco in the barrio. When a hit man kills Chico's cousin and his wife, this rookie d...

The Legend of Diablo
2003
Executive Producer
The small California town of Diablo is plagued with mysterious deaths after Sheriff Roberts Lopez unearths an ancient box. Legend has it that the box ...

Curse of Mardi Gras
2002
as Nicolas
A group of college girls go to Mardi Gras but as some of them start to go missing one by one, the remaining girls begin to suspect the handiwork of a ...

Curse of Mardi Gras
2002
Director, Writer, Producer
A group of college girls go to Mardi Gras but as some of them start to go missing one by one, the remaining girls begin to suspect the handiwork of a ...
15 to Life
2002
as Officer French
Prison life at its grittiest is revealed in this urban tale about three teenage boys who follow in the footsteps of their father through the violent p...

Tha Eastsidaz
2000
as Laundry Guard
Snap, Crackle, and Pop are top dogs in the Eastsidaz gang in Long Beach. Pop, also known as Killa, is the alpha dog. He has Crackle and Snap set up a ...

Winner Takes All
1998
as Enzo
Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jaile...

Black Spring Break: The Movie
1998
as Himself
An All-American college football star takes a vacation only to find himself pursued by sports agents and gold diggers.

Winner Takes All
1998
Producer, Director
Two rapper childhood friends turn to the quick and easy life of crime to support their needy parents. But after a foiled robbery, one of them is jaile...

Black Spring Break: The Movie
1998
Executive Producer
An All-American college football star takes a vacation only to find himself pursued by sports agents and gold diggers.

Intercept
N/A
Director
A Foreign dignitary hires a covert mercenary team of Ex-Navy SEALs to rescue his adopted daughter who has been kidnapped; unaware her biological fathe...
Affinity
N/A
Story, Producer
A former Navy SEAL battling PTSD finds his solitary Southeast Asian life disrupted by a mysterious woman washing ashore near his home.