11 Facts About Daniel Knauf

Daniel Knauf, sometimes credited under the pseudonyms Wilfred Schmidt and Chris Neal, is an American television screenwriter and producer, as well as comic book writer, best known for his creation of the 2003 HBO series Carnivale.

Daniel Knauf began work as an employee benefits consultant and later a health insurance broker, writing once he was able to support himself and his family financially.

Daniel Knauf took the first act and reworked it as a television pilot, but shelved the script again when he could not get the project produced.

Daniel Knauf went on to write the 1994 HBO-produced television movie Blind Justice, and, during a low-point in his screenwriting career, created his own website, posting his resume and Carnivale's first act online.

Daniel Knauf created the 2001 television pilot Honey Vicarro and was a writer and consulting producer for the television series Wolf Lake.

Daniel Knauf was writer and director on the 2002 film Dark Descent before a television production scout brought Carnivale to television producers Scott Winant and Howard Klein, who brought it to HBO where the series ended up being produced, twelve years after Knauf had first drafted the script.

Since Carnivale was cancelled in 2005, Daniel Knauf has moved on to write for Supernatural and Standoff, serving as a co-executive producer on Standoff.

Daniel Knauf worked as a writer for the Christian Slater drama My Own Worst Enemy in 2008.

Daniel Knauf was a consulting producer for the latter part of the first season of historical action drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

Daniel Knauf co-wrote with Andrea Berloff and Caleb Pinkett the script for a mystery thriller, The Legend of Cain, but it has not been produced.

Daniel Knauf was the writer and showrunner of the short-lived NBC series Dracula, before joining the staff of The Blacklist with the beginning of season two.