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Daniel Joseph Reed, (born August 13, 1982) is an American Filmmaker. He is the founder and Director of nextbooth.

Early life
Daniel Reed was born in New York, New York, and spent his years living with his parents in Manhattan. At 2 years of age he moved with his family and spent the rest of his childhood around the Potomac area in the state of Maryland. As a young child he had a habit of taking apart electronics and clocks and then successfully putting them back together. This habit apparently stopped after he took apart a Commodore computer at 3 years of age and it no longer worked once he put it back together. As a young child he became fascinated with the moving images on display tubes used in television sets and 80s arcade game cabinet systems. After first witnessing an arcade game around the age of 4 years old in a grocery store with his mother, he used crayons and markers to cover a large household window with small colored squares during a sunny afternoon to create a picture. He then developed a hobby of drawing journeys or pathways, often as one long horizontal or vertical illustration on rows of paper he would tape or glue together, that were meant to be viewed from the beginning to the end in one panning glance. During his early years in elementary school he was known to be a surprisingly good orator for his age and was often the speaker for student theatrical performances.

He continued in the role as speaker for his grade level in Elementary School until a class instructor noticed Daniel was left handed and forced him to only write with his right hand. This forced right handed writing coincided with the development of a speech impediment that would last several years and resulted in a dramatically decreased ability to communicate verbally and noticeably more introverted in behavior. At the age of 8 years old he attempted to enter his Elementary School art contest with a color ink and pen rendition that spanned across 4 pages. The school attendant who received his submission required him to separate the spanned artwork and submit it as 4 separate entries, a request Daniel complied with. In a surprise move the contest judging panel took it upon themselves to reconnect the 4 pieces into one completed work and selected it as the school first place winner. Daniel excelled in his studies and was doing 6th and 7th grade Mathematics and English studies by the time he was in the 4th grade level; however, his Elementary School Principal would not grant approval for Daniel to skip any grade levels. The refusal was due to an incident in which the last student permitted to skip a grade level at the school latter committed suicide.

Daniel continued to excel in his school work until a series of incidents started to occur during the first week of his freshmen year of High School. These incidents involved Daniel becoming involved in physical altercations with 1 to 3 fellow male students at a time, multiple times a day, over a period of about 3 months. In one particular incident, Daniel allegedly knocked a facility member unconscious with a punch to the side of their head when they attempted to intervene on a fight Daniel was in with 2 other students. When questioned by school authorities, Daniel repeatably claimed he was defending himself. These defense claims were dismissed by the high school Principal who is recalled as having said, "it takes two to start a fight". These continual violent incidents eventually resulted in Daniel being removed from the general student population and placed into a special education study group. The study group was composed of students with severe learning disabilities and/or students who displayed physically violent episodes.

Daniel continued to become involved in physical altercations during school bus rides, until the High school Principal requested his parents find other transportation for him to and from school. As part of standard operating procedures in the special studies group, Daniel was eventually administered a 3 week long comprehensive IQ evaluation and psychological study report. Following the completion of the report, Daniel was greeted at the front door of his high school by its Principal. The Principal walked Daniel to his office, apologized for his treatment, and informed him that a female student at the High School had been expelled for offering to have sexual intercourse with anyone that "beat him(Daniel) up". The Principal also informed him that the findings of his IQ evaluation were well above average. Daniel was temporarily dismissed from school attendance while the school board met to determine the best course of action. After a couple weeks Daniel met with the school board. The board expressed concerns that they did not have a curriculum designed for his IQ level and were unsure if he should continue to go to the high school or if they should investigate other educational options for him. Daniel requested he be allowed to return to school and to be allowed to take any class he desired regardless of course prerequisites. The board granted his request and he returned to the general student population, often taking senior level courses. The principal resigned the following year. Daniel never resumed his prior scholastic history of high marks and he constantly earned mixed grades throughout the remainder of his years in High School with the exception of a couple AP college level sciences courses. In one AP Science Course, Daniel earned more extra credit then any student who previously had taken the class.

until After a disagreement with his father regarding paying for college expenses, Daniel left home at 17 years of age during the summer. His father allegedly told him he would rather spend money on himself then help pay for Daniel to go to college.

then moved did his PUC(Pre-University) from KLE College, Bangalore. He is a pass-out of National Institute of Technology Karnataka, with his graduation in Mechanical Engineering. He is also an Author with his debut book named 'Life Simplified!'.

Achievements
Sujit Lalwani is a renowned Inspirational Speaker. He is also a listed speaker with Moscow Speakers Bureau. He was the One Young World Ambassador who represented India at the International Conference of One Young World, 2011 held at Zurich, Switzerland. He was also the returning ambassador and a Speaker for the OYW conference held at Pittsburgh in the month of October, 2012.

He was also invited by the plenipotentiary of the President of Russia to share his ideas at the VISIT RUSSIA Forum, an International Tourism Forum. He has till date, collectively addressed more than a million people through his talks, workshops and training sessions.

He was among the 16 YOUR BIG YEAR 2012 Finalists chosen from over 60,000 participants from over 212 countries.

He is also the founder of an Non-Governmental Organization named 36meals[www.36meals.com] & the founder of Internationally growing projects like IUY2C (IU Youth to Children Project) & IU Newspaper Bag Project.

Besides all of this, He is the Founder & Chief Editor of IU e-Magazine[www.iuemag.com], which is an e-Magazine that brings together inspirational writing from authors of diverse experience from world over, to readers from all walks of life with the prime motto, Inspiration through Information.

He was recognized with the award of 'High Service to Society at a very Young Age' by LIONS Club in the year 2010. He was also interviewed on TV9 News as Success story from Bangalore and Suvarna News for his social initiatives.

He has been a Columnist for the No.1 Mauritian Youth Newspaper: INSIGHT and the Malaysian site Entrepreneurs.my now known as the NextUpAsia.