Daniel Marc Janes

Daniel writes for film, TV and theatre in Britain and the United States. He is developing a political thriller series with Two Brothers Pictures, a family saga series with New Regency and a feature script with directors Adam and Aaron Nee (The LOST CITY) at Persons Attempting.

He previously co-wrote ‘Ruritania’ (season 6, episode 6 of THE CROWN) and is co-writing an episode of a forthcoming Peter Morgan series for Netflix.

He began his TV career working in drama development for Eleven Film (SEX EDUCATION) and then joined THE CROWN writing team in 2016 – starting as a story researcher before becoming a staff writer on Season 5 and 6. In 2024, he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for his work on Season 6.

As a writer/director, his short films, FUTURES (2018) and CONTE ANGLAIS (2019) have screened at more than thirty short film festivals around the world. These include BAFTA-qualifying festivals such as the London Short Film Festival, Flickers' Rhode Island and PÖFF Shorts in Tallinn.

A graduate of the Soho Theatre Writers' Lab and Lyric Hammersmith Young Writers Programme, his short plays have been performed at Theatre503 and the Arcola Theatre. In 2020, he was shortlisted for the London Magazine Short Story Prize and selected as one of 40 participants—out of 800 applicants—in the London Library Emerging Writers Programme. His prose writing has previously appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review and the London Magazine.