About me

Writer and director for stage and screen. His debut play, Travelling Through Life, won a critical stage award and was performed at The Royal Free, Hampstead. His play Face The Camera And Smile was shortlisted for The Kings Cross Award for New Writing.

His stage work is prolific across London, Bath, Liverpool, and Sheffield. His plays have been seen at leading theatres across London, from The Landor to The Charing Cross Theatre by way of Theatre503 and Soho Theatre.

His debut film, which he wrote and directed, Devotion - has screened globally winning multiple awards. His screenplay Populace was directed by Aaron Bevan Bailey and debuted at The London Scifi Festival. It was then handpicked for Danny Boyle's Shuffle Festival before screening in Hollywood and globally. It has won multiple awards.

Dan's work has recently been selected for the Prague Fringe Prologue and The Living Record Festival. His latest film Separation is screening in Liverpool in September. In 2023 his film Read to Me screened at The Curzon Soho and The British Museum.

Dan holds an MA Theatre (directing) Merit from Royal Holloway and an MA Dramatic Writing Merit from Drama Centre, Central St Martins UAL. In 2022 he gained a PGCert in Research Practice in Digital Theatre. Currently, he is working on three films in post-production: Seine, Never Your Hand in Mine, and Murder Song.

Skills

Acting, Directing, Drama, Event Management, Film, Film Festival, Producing, Script Writing, Teaching / Lecturing, Theatre, Writing

Sector Experience

deleuze, digital theatre, Education, Event Organisers / Management, Film (Feature), Film (Short / Documentary), stage, Theatre

Awards

award of excellence, Award of MErit, Best Actor, Best Actress, BEST DIRECTOR, Best Film, Best Horror, Best Scifi Short, best short, Best Writing, critical stage award, Honourable Mention

Clients

Above The Arts Theatre, Accolade Film Festival, Apex Film Awards, Best Shorts Competition, Big Fridge Film Festival, Big Picture Film Club, curzon soho, Directors Circle Festival of Shorts, End Of Days Film Festival, Galaxy Film Festival, Genre Blast, Golden Blasters, hackney picturehouse, Hollyshorts, Hollyshorts Film Festival, Hollyshorts Film Festival West, Hyperdrive Film Festival, Indie Fest, Industry Acting School, International Film Festival of Scifi & Horror, International Horror Hotel, LB Film Fest, Lift Off Film Festival London, Amsterdam, Vancouver, LA, Singapore, Lift-Off Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival, Lost Theatre, Madrid International Film Festival, Miami International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Miami International Science Fiction Festival, MiSciFi, New Renaissance Film Festival, Other Worlds Austin, Phoenix Film Festival, Pineapple Underground Film Festival Hong Kong, Rolling Frames Film Festival Bangalore, Scifi London, Scratch That Hackney, Shorts On Tap, Shuffle Festival, Soho Theatre, Sunscreen Film Festival, Sunscreen Film Festival West, Terror film Festival, The British Museum, The Charing Cross Theatre, The Cockpit, The Courtyard, The Drayton Arms, The King's Head, The Lion And Unicorn, The Monthly Film Festival, The Online Film Festival, The Pleasance, The Rosemary Branch, The Vault Festival, The White Bear, Theatre503, Utopia & Dystopia Film Festival, Writers Avenue, Zed Fest

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#3 Ranked Script Writer
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Top 25 Script Writer
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Freelance, Part time, Remote
Location
Hereford, United Kingdom
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Senior
Languages
English
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