Daniel Mulloy
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| Born | 24 March 1977 Brixton, London |
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| Occupation | film director and writer |
Daniel Mulloy (24 March 1977) is a British screenwriter and film director.
Born in Brixton, London, Mulloy moved to Carmarthen, Wales, as a teenager. He studied painting at Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and in Hunter College New York under Robert Morris. Mulloy's first short film, Dance Floor, was made in 2001. Since then he has won over sixty International Awards for his films.
Mulloy has fast become renowned for his auteur vision and the powerful performances his cast, often of none-actors, give.
In 2006 Mulloy's film, Antonio's Breakfast, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It went on to win the British Academy Award, his third BAFTA Award. In 2007 Mulloy was the first British director to win an Imp at Les Lutins du court-métrage. Mulloy's short films have won awards at Aspen, Kansas City, Newport, Brest, Sapporo and Melbourne International Film Festivals.
Dad premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 and was then nominated for the European Film Academy Award, after winning the Prix UIP in Krakow. The short depicts, with stark realism, the trauma caused to a man by the intimate nature of his parents affection.
Dad was briefly available on iTunes, as a down-loadable short. It went straight into the US top ten bestsellers. The film, apparently grossing more than its budget on release day alone, was controversially banned from the down-load site before its first week was through.
In December 2007 Son, won the Grand Jury Award for Best Short Film at its US premiere in the Picture Start Awards, New York and went on to win the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at Slamdance Film Festival 2008 in Utah.
[edit] External links
- Indiepix focus on Daniel Mulloy
- Daniel Mulloy on the Internet Movie Database
- Exposure Magazine "Daniel Mulloy A Different Canvas"
- BBC "Daniel Mulloy the Festival Circuit"
