UNDIVIDED ATTENTION was launched by Jeffrey Daniels and Derek Owen in 2019 to create premium scripted and factual content for film, television, and advertising. Below are projects that showcase our work:
We got into this business to do three things: tell stories, build worlds, and chew bubble gum…. and we’re all out of bubble gum. Over the past 15 years, we’ve become known for achieving the highest levels of writing, directing, shooting, and editing in order to create innovative premium content. As a complete production team, we have worked together on projects of every scale: from micro-budget branded pieces, to commercials for companies like Nike, to multi-million-dollar History Channel hits like Hunting Hitler. We have the experience and vision to lead the team on large shows. And we have the hands-on know-how to do it all ourselves on smaller productions. We’ve also worked in a wide range of subjects and genres, from historical documentaries (How Booze Built America, Buried: Knights Templar), to serious journalistic pieces (In Other News), to science-driven shows (Futurescape with James Woods), to zany genre-bending comedy (The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia).
At age 16, an injury brought Jeffrey Daniel’s promising soccer career to an abrupt end. To lift his spirits, his mom bought him a video camera… and he’s never put it down since. Today, Jeff is an accomplished director, DP, editor and producer. He got his start in Los Angeles at Authentic Entertainment where he was relied upon to both shape new shows and inject life into already running series. Jeff has a reputation built on his gift for working with talent, an incredible eye behind the lens, and strong leadership in the field. At Karga Seven Pictures (2010 - 2019) he was a creative visionary behind many successful shows and worked with all-star talent like Queen Latifah, Megan Fox, Anthony Anderson, and Mary Louise Parker.
Derek Owen is a proven showrunner and writer as well as an accomplished editor who’s worked in both Los Angeles and Buenos Aires, Before launching his film and television career, Derek studied physics at Reed College and worked at the Stanford particle accelerator smashing electrons and positrons together at near-light speeds. In 2003 he began developing projects and editing documentaries and television shows for Randall Wallace (Braveheart, Pearl Harbor) and his production company, Wheelhouse Entertainment. Concurrently, he also partnered with writer/producer Art Monterastelli (The Hunted, John Rambo, NYPD Blue) to pen several screenplays.
Between 2009 and 2016, Derek worked at Karga Seven Pictures as a writer, editor, producer, showrunner, and executive, shaping documentary driven content from the ground up. He primarily led teams in pre-production and post, but also produced in the field.
