R. Daniel Curtis (August 12 1927 – March 27 2006) was an American director and producer of television and film, probably best known for the afternoon TV series Dark Shadows, which originally aired from 1966 to 1971 and has aired in syndication for the last thirty years. He also did the 1991 remake of DarkShadows, but it was cancelled due to low ratings. And was the executive producer, for Dark Shadows (2004) , for the The WB Television Network. However it was also cancelled , this time even before airing the pilot.

His series of macabre films include The Night Stalker (which inspired the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker), Intruders, The Night Strangler, House of Dark Shadows, Night of Dark Shadows, Burnt Offerings, Trilogy of Terror, The Norliss Tapes (a 1973 pilot for an unproduced series starring Roy Thinnes), "Curse of the Black Widow", "Dead Of Night", "Scream of the Wolf" and others. He worked frequently with sci-fi/horror writer Richard Matheson. Curtis was producer and/or director of a number of television adaptations of horror-related productions including Dracula, Dr. Jekyll amd Mr. Hyde,The Picture of Dorian Gray, and Turn of the Screw, all made between 1968 and 1975.

His miniseries The Winds of War was nominated for four Emmy Awards.