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Australian film director (born 1970)

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Daniel Krige Born (1970-07-16) 16 July 1970 (age 55) Cape Town, South Africa Occupations Writer, director, actor

**Daniel Krige** (born 16 July 1970) is a writer, director and actor.

## Early life

Born in [Cape Town](/source/Cape_Town), South Africa, he grew up in Australia. Krige began working as a writer at the age of sixteen for [Grundy Television](/source/Grundy_Television).

Krige attended the [Australian Film Television and Radio School](/source/Australian_Film_Television_and_Radio_School) with [Dion Beebe](/source/Dion_Beebe), [Rowan Woods](/source/Rowan_Woods), [Samantha Lang](/source/Samantha_Lang), [Peter Duncan](/source/Peter_Duncan_(director)), and [Robert Connolly](/source/Robert_Connolly).

## Career

Krige began to direct and act at the age of 21. While at the Australian Film, TV and radio school (AFTRS) as a writing student, he wrote the screenplay for the film *The Door* (1992), from a story by fellow student Josie Keys, who directed the film. It received the Golden Hugo for Best Student Drama at the [Chicago International Film Festival](/source/Chicago_International_Film_Festival) in 1993.

He continued his early successes by writing and directing (and even starring in some of) the short films, *Our Feral Friends* (1994), *Fuckwit* (1994), and *Happily Ever After* (1996). [John Polson](/source/John_Polson), director of the [Tropfest](/source/Tropfest) Film Festival, was third [assistant director](/source/Assistant_director) on Krige's short film *Fuckwit*.

His film *Happily Ever After* (1996) came second at Australia's [Tropfest](/source/Tropfest) Film Festival.

In 2007, Krige directed his debut feature film entitled *[West](/source/West_(2007_film))*. [The Age](/source/The_Age) called the film a "surprisingly effective plot-driven atmosphere piece."[1] [Johnette Napolitano](/source/Johnette_Napolitano) of [Concrete Blonde](/source/Concrete_Blonde) fame is the main vocalist on the score to *West*. She also sings the title song, "Falling in Love".

## Filmography

### Actor

- *Our Feral Friends* (short, 1994) as Mark Flannel

- *Fuckwit* (short, 1994) as Joshua

- *Happily Ever After* (short, 1996) aa Ray

- *[Twisted Tales](/source/Twisted_Tales_(Australian_TV_series))* as Judy's brother

- *[Cactus](/source/Cactus_(2008_film))* (2008) as Mal

- *[Wonderland](/source/Wonderland_(Australian_TV_series))* (2014, season 2) as Alex

### Writer/director

- *The Door* (1992) – writer (student film)

- *Our Feral Friends* (short, 1994) – writer/director

- *Fuckwit* (short, 1994) – writer

- *Happily Ever After* (short, 1996) – writer

- *[Sweat](/source/Sweat_(Australian_TV_series))* – episode 18 (1996) – writer

- *[Mirror, Mirror II](/source/Mirror%2C_Mirror_II)* – ep 19: "Herons", ep 20: "The Shipwreck" (1997) – writer

- *[Murder Call](/source/Murder_Call)* – season 1 ep 11: "Dead and Gone" (1999) – writer

- *[Murder Call](/source/Murder_Call)* – season 3, ep 10: "Boomerang Business" (1999) – writer

- *[West](/source/West_(2007_film))* (2007) – writer/director

- *Providence Park* (short, 2010) – director

- *Pathways* (video, 2010) – director

- *Redd Inc* (2012) – director

- *The Agent* – 5 episodes (2016) – director

- *Larry Time* (short, 2019) – director

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Jim Schembri (5 July 2007). ["West"](http://www.theage.com.au/news/film-reviews/west/2007/07/05/1183351357708.html). *The Age*. Melbourne.

## External links

- [Daniel Krige](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269084/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

- [Interview](https://web.archive.org/web/20070713093722/http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1963646.htm) at [ABC](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)

- ["The Door" short film](https://vimeo.com/66542826)

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