In addition to writing and directing, Danny has recently formed the
production company, SLY DOG FILMS, with writer-producer Matt Tauber. Danny
was also the lead guitarist in the seminal Brooklyn garage band, The
Flying Guacamoles.
Actress Edie Falco met Leiner when they were both students at SUNY Purchase and later appeared in several of his first films.
Yet another graduate of SUNY Purchase whose alumni from the film and
acting departments are known collectively as "The Purchase Mafia".
Although Danny did not graduate from either of these departments, he
was friendly with (Purchase grad and Shooting Gallery Co-Founder) Bob
Gosse and other Purchase film makers. It was these associations which
led to his directorial debut on "Layin' Low".