Dániel Deák was born in Budapest, where he currently lives. In 2007, he founded Daazo.com, an online short film-sharing website supported by the MEDIA program, which made numerous high-quality short films accessible. In 2013, he launched the Friss Hús festival, which has since become Hungary's largest short film forum. Between 2015 and 2020, he served as the professional leader of the Filmalap Incubator Program. Since 2019, he has been organizing the Budapest Debut Film Forum, a workshop for first-time filmmakers in Central Europe. He has been involved in creating various publications and magazines, including World of Shorts, Hungarian Film Magazine, and as the publisher and author of the Friss Hús Future Cinema magazine.