Daniel Krige is a prolific writer, director and actor. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, he grew up in Australia. Krige began working as a writer at the age of 16 for Grundy Television. His writing credits include a BAFTA-nominated episode of Correlli (1995), AFI-nominated episodes of Police Rescue (1994) and Mirror, Mirror (1995), along with ...
When Our Feral Friends (1994) was submitted to the Australian Film Commission for completion funds, they mistook the mockumentary for the real thing, and commended Krige on his bravery for undertaking such a project.
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His film, The Door (1991), took out the Golden Hugo for Best Short Film at the Chicago International Film Festival.
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He was the first choice to write the screenplay for The Boys (1998), but when scheduling conflicts prevented him from taking the job it went to Stephen Sewell.
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He attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School with Dion Beebe, Rowan Woods, Samantha Lang, Peter Duncan and Robert Connolly.
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Wrote the first draft of his debut feature West (2007) when he was just sixteen years old.
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John Polson, director of the Tropfest Film Festival, was 3rd AD on Krige's short film Fuckwit.
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His film Happily Ever After (1996) came second at Australia's prestigious Tropfest Film Festival.
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Character
The Agent
TV Series 1 episode, 2016 writer - 3 episodes, 2016
$250,000
