Daniel Edelstyn Explained

Birth Name:	Daniel Edelstyn
Birth Place:	Northern Ireland

Daniel Edelstyn (born 1976) is an English documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and singer with The Orchestra of Cardboard.

Early life

Edelstyn, who was three when his father (the oncologist Dr. George Edelstyn 1930-1979) died,^[1] grew up in Northern Ireland. Edelstyn was educated at Rockport School 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.^{[2] [3]} The film was completed in November 2011 in time forthe 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.^{[4] [5]}

Filmography

Film

• How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire (2012)^[6]
• The Debtonator (2017)
• Bank Job, with Hilary Powell (2021)^[7]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr. George Edelstyn . Aidan Sloan Art . 11 January 2024.
2. News: Jeffries. Stuart. Dan Edelstyn: My quest for the family spirit. The Guardian. 8 October 2010 . 11 September 2015.
3. Web site: Grant. Brigit. Taking on the spirit of an old age. Exporess: home of the Daily and Sunday Express. 4 March 2012 . 11 September 2015.
4. Web site: The accidental entrepreneur and a vodka that survived the Bolsheviks. Evening Standard. 10 April 2012 . 17 September 2015.
5. Web site: How My Ukrainian Granny Drove me to Drink. The Times. 17 September 2015. 14 March 2012.
6. Web site: How to Re-Establish a Vodka Empire. The National Center for Jewish Film.
7. Web site: Bank Job review – a classic 'print money to cancel debt' caper. Cath Clarke. 26 May 2021. The Guardian.