Daniel Edelstyn

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Daniel Edelstyn
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Daniel Edelstyn

Northern Ireland
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Website www.optimisticproductions.co.uk

Daniel Edelstyn is an English documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and singer with The Orchestra of Cardboard.

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Early life

Edelstyn, who was three when his father died, grew up in Northern Ireland. Edelstyn was educated at Rockport School in 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 attended New York Film Academy before returning to London in 2000, where he continues to work.

Career

He realized his first documentary films How to Re-establish a Vodka Empire in 2006-2011, in which he found his dead grandmother’s memoir and decided to retrace her life. [1] [2] 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. [3] [4]

Filmography

Film

Television

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References

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