Daniel Miller Duchovny (known as Danny Ducovny; also credited as Daniel Ducovny) is an actor and a director of commercials.^[2]

Duchovny was born in New York City in 1956.^[3] He is the son of Amram "Ami" Ducovny (1927–2003), a writer and publicist who worked for the American Jewish Committee, and Margaret "Meg" (née Miller), a school administrator and teacher.^[4][5] He is the first son and the oldest child of three children. He has a younger brother, David (b. 1960) and a younger sister, Laurie (b. 1966).^[6] Duchovny's mother is a Scottish immigrant from Whitehills, Aberdeen, Scotland.^[7][8] His father was Jewish, and his mother was Lutheran.^{[9][10][11][12]} His father dropped the h in his last name to avoid the sort of mispronunciations he encountered while serving in the Army.^[4][13][14] In the Polish language, duchowny means 'clergyman', and in the Ukrainian language it means 'spiritual'. Duchovny's paternal grandfather was a Jewish emigrant from Berdychiv, Ukraine, and Duchovny's paternal grandmother was a Jewish emigrant from Congress Poland (now in Poland).^{[15][16][17][18]}

In 1990 he founded his production company, Cucoloris, with partner Linda Stewart.^[19] Before moving into directing commercials and the occasional TV series episode, he had worked on several movies in the camera department.^[20]

2008 - "Going Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (Californication episode) — director
1999 - "The Unnatural" — guest appearance in this The X-Files episode, which was written and directed by his brother David
1994 - "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses" (Red Shoe Diaries episode) — director
1988 - Vibes — New York director of photography
1987 - Tough Guys Don't Dance — additional photographer
1986 - Jumpin' Jack Flash — second unit director of photography
1983 - Lillian Gish — first assistant camera
1982 - The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time! — Cameraman
1980 - Missing Persons — director of photography
1980 - Fist of Fear, Touch of Death — camera operator
1980 - We Are the Guinea Pigs — assistant camera and second unit camera operator