In 2017 he was awarded MOST PROMISING DIRECTOR at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival. and in 2018 he directed the second unit of the international feature film ONYX, KINGS OF THE GRAIL with Jim Caviezel and Maria de Medeiros as protagonists. In 2019 he has written and directed the feature film EL CERRO DE LOS DIOSES, with the presence of Itziar Castro, Raúl Arévalo, José Corbacho, Macarena Gómez and Alain Hernández, among others. The The film has been screened at festivals such as: Nocturna Madrid, Sitges International Festival, Alicante International Festival, Fant Bilbao, Cerdanya Film Festival and has won best feature film at the International Fantastic Film Festival of Castile and León. The film will be released in commercial theaters in 2020. In recent years, his short and feature film projects have been in direct contact with several international markets and festivals such as: AFM, Ventana Sur, London PFM, Sitges, Fantasia, Frontièrès, Galway Film Market Fleadh, Madrid Cinema Window, BIFFF, Sitges International Festival, Oaxaca FilmFest, etc. And in 2017 he was one of the 10 directors Europeans, and the only Spanish, whose project was awarded at the FRONTIÈRES International Co-Production Market in Montreal, associated with the Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes. The short films of him WITH FOOD YOU DON'T PLAY and ALICIA accumulate more than 200 selections international officials and more than 20 awards, among which the MELIES D'ARGENT of the Bruges Razor-Reel Festival (Belgium) -awarded by the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation. ALICIA was nominated for the MÉLIÈS D'ARGENT at the BIFFF and has been selected by the BIFFF OBSCURE NIGHTS to be screened in 11 Kinepolis cinemas in Belgium before the premiere of THE NUN, from the WARREN universe. In addition to directing, Daniel has won international awards for his feature film scripts at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival for MATURING AT 30, the SPECIAL MENTION for OCHINOK and the award for BEST CATALAN PROJECT for SIDEROADS. He has been nominated finalist 4 years in a row at the OAXACA FILM FEST for his feature film scripts LA NOCHE EN EL DÍA, SIDEROADS, DEVIANT and POCHINOK.