Staten is a British writer director based near Brighton He is currently completing postproduction on his jetblack comedy satirising the selfhelp industry A Serial Killers Guide to Life He trained on the NFTS Emerging Producers course after initially training as an actor and has been selected as writer director for talent schemes including BAFTAs Guru Pro Locos SKY Comedy Mentor Scheme His pitchblack comedy short This Way Out set in a struggling euthanasia centre screened at over 30 international film festivals won 5 international awards and was longlisted for a BAFTA It has since screened on television around the world on channels including HBO Europe The Sundance Channel while appearing on cinema in Japan Staten runs production company Forward Motion Pictures with production and writing partner Poppy Roe They are currently in development with several femaleled projects including an elevated horror feature film a darkly comic TV drama Feature film A Serial Killers Guide to Life is set for a late 2019 release
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