Daniel Kokotajlo

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Daniel Kokotajlo (born 1980or1981) [1] is a British film writer and director. [2] He has also used the name Dan P. K. Smyth. [3] [4]

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He wrote and directed the 2017 film Apostasy , which reflects his own experience of growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, [5] and the 2023 film Starve Acre , based on Andrew Michael Hurley 's novel of the same name. [6]

Apostasy won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for "Best First Screenplay", [7] and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in 2018, [8] and for six British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). [9]

Kokotajlo has a BA (2003) in textiles and fine art from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA (2010) from the University of Westminster in screenwriting and film production. [10]

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  6. Bradshaw, Peter (12 October 2023). "Starve Acre review – intelligent performances in sinister Yorkshire folk horror". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
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