Daniel Cotroneo is a two-time Emerging Cinematographer Award winner and founder of Flashback Pictures. A 20+ year film industry veteran, he was cinematographer on Netflix's #1 global hit A Beautiful Life, with additional credits spanning Mad Men, Django Unchained, Star Trek Into Darkness, and This Is Us.

Cotroneo launched Flashback Pictures in 2025 with a "Moneyball" approach — leveraging underutilized tax incentives and overlooked talent to deliver studio-quality films at a fraction of the budget.

Flashback's first release, Pizza Guys vs Vampires, went from concept to launch in three months on $45,000. It earned a Deadline exclusive, won a Silver Telly, and drew 425,000+ views in its initial license to TikTok/ByteDance. Flashback's animated feature River pioneers a Human Generative Workflow, where traditional craft directs emerging tools. Coming next: Time Windows, a supernatural family mystery backed by $376,636 in California tax credits, which Cotroneo directs.

His work spans formats, continents, and cultures, drawn to subjects the world has written off — and always returns to the human experience that connects us all.

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