
Paul Dano will make his directorial debut in 2018 with
Wildlife. At 17, Dano starred in
L.I.E. (2001), for which he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance and a Directors’ Week Award for Best Actor. Among his other film credits are
Little Miss Sunshine (2006),
There Will Be Blood (2007),
Gigantic (2008),
Meek’s Cutoff (2010),
Cowboys & Aliens (2011),
Being Flynn (2012),
Ruby Sparks (2012),
Looper (2012),
Prisoners (2013),
12 Years a Slave (2013),
Love & Mercy (2014),
Swiss Army Man (2016), and
Okja (2017). In 2007, Dano starred in Ethan Hawke’s off-Broadway directorial debut,
Things We Want.