Daniel T. Dorrance

Biography:: Daniel T. Dorrance is an American production designer. Originally from Rancho Mirage, California, he attended Palm Springs High School, where he learned drafting. He went on to begin his career working in the commercial world before moving into film through a set‐building company, Scenery West, in Los Angeles. He got early experience as an assistant art director under Thomas E. Sanders. Over the course of a career spanning several decades, he has worked on large-scale productions, collaborating with high-profile directors such as Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Mann, and others. Some of the notable films he’s worked on as production designer or art director are Saving Private Ryan (1998), Collateral (2004), A Good Day to Die Hard (2013), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), and The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). He is based in Rancho Mirage, where he keeps a home with his family when not working on location.

Credits

	The Legend of Zelda Production Design
	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Production Design
	The United States vs. Billie Holiday Production Design
	Maze Runner: The Death Cure Production Design
	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials Production Design
	The Expendables 3 Production Design
	A Good Day to Die Hard Production Design
	Playing for Keeps Production Design
	The Paperboy Production Design
	Cowboys & Aliens Art Direction
	Zookeeper Supervising Art Director
	Max Payne Production Design
	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Supervising Art Director
	Mission: Impossible III Supervising Art Director
	The Shaggy Dog Art Direction
	Serenity Art Direction
	Collateral Art Direction
	Timeline Production Design
	We Were Soldiers Supervising Art Director
	Mission: Impossible II Supervising Art Director
	Saving Private Ryan Supervising Art Director
	Fathers' Day Art Direction
	Assassins Supervising Art Director
	Braveheart Supervising Art Director
	Maverick Art Direction
	Hook Assistant Art Director