BFCA Member Profile
Daniel Gutierrez
- Primary Outlet:
- thedirectorscutradio.com
- Website:
- http://www.thedirectorscutradio.com
- Twitter:
- @danradiocritic
- Facebook:
- http://www.facebook.com/directorscutradioshow
- Biography:
- As a child, my dad bought himself a video camera, so he can capture the moments of my sisters and I growing up. Unfortunately for him, I ended up hijacking the camera and using it to make bad movies. The subject turned to plastic G.I. Joes, Ninja Turtle Figurines or my little sister dressed in over-sized coats. These were my first days getting hooked on a bad habit... Movies. Throughout my youth, I began to make bad movies with my friends first it was for fun then it was made for film festivals. M first film school was a weekend introduction to production at my local public access station. I began cranking out angst filled TV programs into my high school years. After each new movie, or TV program we produced, our learning curve increased. Eventually we started winning festivals and had a couple of shorts distributed nationally. This just fueled the fire more. The year was 2000, it was only a few months after my high school graduation, I was attempting to figure out, "what the hell am I going to do with my life?" As a child, my dream was to be a movie director. Since getting that gig is like winning the lottery, I knew I wanted something to do with making movies. I started a small business, strait out of high school, that focused on making commercials for TV, and designing and maintaining websites. My first big client was a local radio station. They immediately folded my company by hiring me directly, thus starting my radio career. My first on-air shift was from midnight to 6am on a rhythmic top 40 station in Albuquerque, NM. As with all broadcasters I have bounced from format to format which have included, Hip-Hop, Alternative and Talk. When working as a Producer at an FM talk station, I convinced the Program Director to let me host a show called "The Directors Cut Radio Program" a 2 hour radio show about movies. Once green lit, the show started to do well, we picked up a descent fan following and hefty podcast listener-ship. About a year later, the station flipped to country and we all lost our jobs. We desperately started sending demos to networks across the country. Within the next week of getting kicked off the air, we immediately were picked up on other stations, FM's, HD and Internet stations. Eventually we grew to over 20 stations across the country carrying the 2 hour program and/or our short interstitial programming. This has spiraled into stations utilizing me as a "movie expert" for bits and interviews. Beyond my work in radio, I am a Writer, Producer, Editor at ReelzChannel, TV about Movies. Blending my lust for movies, watching them, making them, and sharing them with others movies and broadcast are my life, right now and hopefully for years down the road.