Daniel Edelstyn
Daniel Edelstyn | |
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| Born | Daniel Edelstyn Northern Ireland |
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Daniel Edelstyn(born 1976) is anEnglishdocumentaryfilmmaker,screenwriterand singer with The Orchestra of Cardboard.
Early life
[edit]Edelstyn, who was three when his father (the oncologist Dr. George Edelstyn 1930-1979) died,[1]grew up in Northern Ireland. Edelstyn was educated atRockport Schoolin Northern Ireland until 1989, then attended Gordonstoun School Scotland until 1995 - after which he attended UCL and Sorbonne Paris IV, graduating in 1999. Edelstyn moved to NYC in 1999 where he attendedNew York Film Academybefore returning to London in 2000, where he continues to work.
Career
[edit]He realized his first documentary filmsHow to Re-establish a Vodka Empirein 2006-2011, in which he found his dead grandmother’s memoir and decided to retrace her life.[2][3] The film was completed in November 2011 in time for the BFI London Film Festival and had a UK cinema release in March 2012, receiving 4 star reviews in The Times, The Irish Times and Empire magazine. It had a US theatrical release in 2012.[4][5]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire(2012)[6]
- The Debtonator(2017)
- Bank Job,with Hilary Powell (2021)[7]
Television
[edit]- WTF Is Cosplaywith Kell Mitchell, Channel 4
- Subverting The City(2005) for Channel 4
- Random Acts(2013) for Channel 4
- Comedy of Errors: Shakespeare documentary,with Emily Renshaw-Smith (2015)
References
[edit]- ^"Dr. George Edelstyn".Aidan Sloan Art.Retrieved11 January2024.
- ^Jeffries, Stuart (8 October 2010)."Dan Edelstyn: My quest for the family spirit".The Guardian.Retrieved11 September2015.
- ^Grant, Brigit (4 March 2012)."Taking on the spirit of an old age".Exporess: home of the Daily and Sunday Express.Retrieved11 September2015.
- ^"The accidental entrepreneur and a vodka that survived the Bolsheviks".Evening Standard.10 April 2012.Retrieved17 September2015.
- ^"How My Ukrainian Granny Drove me to Drink"(PDF).The Times.14 March 2012.Retrieved17 September2015.
- ^"How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire".The National Center for Jewish Film.
- ^Cath Clarke (26 May 2021)."Bank Job review – a classic 'print money to cancel debt' caper".The Guardian.