Daniels' career began as an office production assistant and post-production assistant on the Fox Searchlight film, Kingdom Come. That same year, he was selected as one of the first filmmakers to join Fox Searchlab (a start-up program for new and below the radar directors which includes a first-look deal with Fox Searchlight), where he wrote, co-produced and directed his first short film, The Eleventh Hour.

Daniels then went on to complete his first feature-length comedy, The Scoop: An Ode To Customer Service, and worked on several Bay Area music videos and shorts, before gaining representation and two option deals for his Red Riding-Hood horror screenplay.

Daniels won top honor at the 53rd Nashville Film Festival in the feature horror category for his screenplay, "Our Lady of Justice" aka "Black Market."