Daniel Edelstyn is an
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documentary filmmaker
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screenwriter
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and singer with The Orchestra of Cardboard.
Early life
Edelstyn, who was three when his father died, grew up in Northern Ireland. Edelstyn was educated at
Rockport School
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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.
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.
Filmography
Film
* ''
How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire'' (2012)
* ''The Debtonator'' (2017)
* ''Bank Job'', with Hilary Powell (2021)
Television
* ''WTF Is Cosplay'' with Kell Mitchell, Channel 4
* ''Subverting The City'' (2005) for Channel 4
* ''Random Acts'' (2013) for Channel 4
* ''Comedy of Errors: Shakespeare documentary'', with Emily Renshaw-Smith (2015)
References
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Living people
English documentary filmmakers
People educated at Gordonstoun
Year of birth missing (living people)
People educated at Rockport School