Daniel Luke Zelman is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director. He attended New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1993. Zelman is an executive producer on the FX drama series Damages, which he co-created with Todd A. Kessler and Glenn Kessler.[3] Todd Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Zelman were nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for their work on the Damages pilot episode "Get Me A Lawyer".