ABOUT ME

DANIEL JOSEPH SERRA (BORN IN THE LAKE DISTRICT, CUMBRIA) BEGAN HIS CAREER AS AN ACTOR TRAINING IN NEW YORK CITY. UPON MOVING TO LONDON IN 2007. DAN CONTINUED TO TRAIN, WORKED ON BOTH SCREEN AND STAGE INCLUDING LONDON'S WEST END.

 

DIRECTING AND SCRIPTWRITING CAME NATURALLY WITH A LIFELONG PASSION FOR FILMMAKING AND COMEDY AND DAN DIRECTED A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS INCLUDING A PROJECT FOR AMAZON PRIME. IN 2018 HE BEGAN WORK ON A PILOT SCRIPT FOR CLUSTERF*CK, PARTNERING WITH RAPTURE IN LATE 2019 TO DEVELOP AND PITCH THE IDEA.

 

A 90'S BOY, DAN FOUND ESCAPE THROUGH TELEVISION, WITH SHOWS LIKE BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER BY JOSS WHEDON. ANOTHER EARLY INFLUENCE, KEVIN WILLIAMSON, ALSO CAUGHT DAN'S ATTENTION WITH SLASHER MOVIES 'SCREAM', "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER' AND TV'S 'DAWSON'S CREEK'.  THE SOCIAL COMMENTARY AND META WRITING GAVE DANIEL A LOVE FOR A FUN BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE WITH AN INTELLIGENT MESSAGE.

 

MORE RECENTLY DAN HAS BEEN MORE INFLUENCED BY THE WORK OR TAIKA WAITITI AND DAN LEVY. STORIES WITH HEART AND LAUGHTER.