Daniel Kokotajlo (born 1980 or 1981)[1] is a British film writer and director.
[3][4] 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.
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