Dan is an awardwinning director writer and editor from the UK working in narrative fiction He completed his debut feature film Unhinged in 2017 which received international distribution via 88 Films and eOne entertainment In 2018 his 3MinuteHorror series received acclaim amassing over 2 million views online and was licensed by Crypt TV Episode one The Mime has since screened at Bafta and Oscar qualifying Leeds International Film Festival Vortex Rhode Island international Film Festival among others After being fascinated with magic and a Making of Jurassic Park book in his childhood whilst also consuming a healthy dose of Star Wars he started making experimental films with a LEGO webcam when he was about 9 years of age Dan wrote his first short film whilst undergoing chemotherapy for Hodgkins Lymphoma Cancer in his penultimate year of secondary school in Essex UK The film went on to win the Best Young Filmmaker award at CocaCola Cinemagic Film Festival in 2009