Adam Egypt Mortimer

Mortimer is from Boston and graduated from Columbia University in 1995 as an English major.{{Cite book|last=Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development|url=https://archive.org/details/ldpd_12981092_036|title=Columbia College today|last2=Columbia College (Columbia University)|date=1995|publisher=New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development|others=Columbia University Libraries}} He was a musician before deciding to enter filmmaking.{{Cite web|title=On Building THE OBELISK|url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/on-building-the-obelisk/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Fangoria|language=en}} He began his filmmaking career in directing music videos, promos, and commercials for big companies, including a documentary series commissioned by Sprite named Jerk All-Stars.{{Cite web|date=June 2019|title=Daniel Isn't Real - Production Notes|url=http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DANIEL-ISNT-REAL-Production-Notes.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=September 6, 2021|website=Samuel Goldwyn Films|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907051603/http://www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DANIEL-ISNT-REAL-Production-Notes.pdf |archive-date=2021-09-07 }}

Mortimer was briefly in the comic scene by co-writing a 5-issue series named BALLISTIC with comic illustrator Darick Robertson in 2013.{{Cite web|date=2015-04-23|title=Broken Frontier Anthology: "There is Something That Drives Me Insane-in-a-Good-Way About Comics" – Writer Adam Egypt Mortimer Goes ‘Ballistic’|url=https://www.brokenfrontier.com/adam-egypt-mortimer-ballistic-some-kind-of-hate-darick-robertson-broken-frontier-anthology/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Broken Frontier|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427033448/http://www.brokenfrontier.com:80/adam-egypt-mortimer-ballistic-some-kind-of-hate-darick-robertson-broken-frontier-anthology/ |archive-date=2015-04-27 }}

In 2015, he made his directorial debut with the horror movie Some Kind of Hate.{{Cite web|last=Roth|first=Dany|date=2016-02-12|title=She's (Not) a Monster! Some Kind of Hate director Adam Egypt Mortimer talks women in horror|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/shes-not-monster-some-kind-hate-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-talks-women-horror|access-date=2021-09-07|website=SYFY WIRE|language=en}} He directed a segment of the 2016 horror anthology film Holidays.{{Cite web|last=Earl|first=William|date=2016-04-15|title=Tribeca Review: ‘Holidays’ Is A Seasonal Horror Anthology That Thrives From Energy of Depraved Directors|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2016/04/tribeca-review-holidays-is-a-seasonal-horror-anthology-that-thrives-from-energy-of-depraved-directors-289966/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=IndieWire|language=en}}

He co-wrote and directed the film Daniel Isn't Real, which premiered at South by Southwest on March 29, 2019. The movie received generally favorable reviews from critics.{{Cite web|last=Harvey|first=Dennis|date=2019-03-15|title=SXSW Film Review: ‘Daniel Isn’t Real’|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/daniel-isnt-real-review-1203163889/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Variety|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Bugbee|first=Teo|date=2019-12-05|title=‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ Review: Even an Imaginary Friend Can Hurt You|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/movies/daniel-isnt-real-review.html|access-date=2021-09-07|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=Daniel Isn’t Real review: an enjoyably edgy psychological horror {{!}} Sight & Sound|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/daniel-isnt-real-adam-egypt-mortimer-miles-robbins-patrick-schwarzenegger-psychological-horror|access-date=2021-09-07|website=British Film Institute|language=en}}

Mortimer's most recent film, Archenemy, premiered in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Ewing|first=Jeff|title=Interview: A Chat With Director Adam Egypt Mortimer About ‘Archenemy’, Superheroes, And Genre Film|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffewing/2020/12/11/interview-a-chat-with-director-adam-egypt-mortimer-about-archenemy-superheroes-and-genre-film/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Forbes|language=en}}

Special thanks

• Beyond the Gates (2016)
• Sequence Break (2017) (Also executive producer)
• Scare Package (2019)
• No Man of God (2021)

Mortimer was nominated for two Fangoria Chainsaw Awards in 2020 and 2016, respectively, in the "Best Limited Release" category.{{Cite web|last=Holl|first=Josh|date=2016-01-16|title=Screw Oscar! Here’s the 2016 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Nominees|url=https://thterrortime.com/movies/screw-oscar-heres-the-2016-fangoria-chainsaw-awards-nominees/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Tom Hollands Terror Time|language=en-US}} He won the Best Director award for Daniel Isn't Real at the 2019 Brooklyn Horror Film Festival.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-25|title=SWALLOW, DANIEL ISN'T REAL, and MONUMENT Win Big at Brooklyn Horror|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2019/10/daniel-isnt-real-monument-and-swallow-win-big-at-brooklyn-horror.html|access-date=2021-09-07|website=ScreenAnarchy}} He also won the Best Director Choice prize at the 2019 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-08|title=Bucheon film fest winner presents personal mental horror|url=https://www.nationthailand.com/life/30372507|access-date=2021-09-07|website=nationthailand|language=en}}

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