Director
Dan Allen
10 films
Dan is an award-winning director, writer and editor from the UK, working in narrative fiction.
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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 Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer in his penultimate year of secondary school in Essex UK. The film went on to win the 'Best Young Filmmaker' award at Coca-Cola Cinemagic Film Festival in 2009.
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First watchBambi: The Reckoning20255.7After a mother and son get in a car wreck, they soon become hunted by Bambi, a mutated grief-stricken deer on a deadly rampage seeking revenge for the death of his mother and wife.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
10 films as director- TBATasteDirector
- 2025Bambi: The ReckoningDirector
- 2021It Came from BelowDirector
- 2019Mummy RebornDirector
- 2018The MimeDirector
- 2018Tap TapDirector
- 2017UnhingedDirector
- 2016Love BittenDirector
- 2013AuditionDirector
- 2011HuskyDirector