
Daniel T. Dorrance
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Male
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.
Known For
Crew
(2027)
The Legend of Zelda
Production Design
(2024)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Production Design
(2021)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Production Design
(2018)
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Production Design
(2015)
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Production Design
(2014)
The Expendables 3
Production Design
(2013)
A Good Day to Die Hard
Production Design
(2012)
The Paperboy
Production Design
(2012)
Playing for Keeps
Production Design
(2011)
Cowboys & Aliens
Art Direction
(2011)
Zookeeper
Supervising Art Director
(2008)
Max Payne
Production Design
(2007)
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Supervising Art Director
(2006)
The Shaggy Dog
Art Direction
(2006)
Mission: Impossible III
Supervising Art Director
(2005)
Serenity
Art Direction
(2004)
Collateral
Art Direction
(2003)
Timeline
Production Design
(2002)
We Were Soldiers
Supervising Art Director
(2000)
Mission: Impossible II
Supervising Art Director
(1998)
Saving Private Ryan
Supervising Art Director
(1997)
Fathers' Day
Art Direction
(1995)
Braveheart
Supervising Art Director
(1995)
Assassins
Supervising Art Director
(1994)
Maverick
Art Direction
(1991)
Hook
Assistant Art Director