Dean Craig
{{Short description|British film director and screenwriter}}
{{For|the Italian screenwriter|Piero Regnoli}}
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Dean Craig (born 25 October 1974) is an English screenwriter and film director. In addition to his film work, Craig wrote the BBC television series Off the Hook.
Early life
He was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, an independent school in Elstree in Hertfordshire.
Career
Craig began as a script reader and script editor for Working Title, BBC Films, and Miramax, before heading to New York University to take a summer filmmaking program in 2002. He wrote on his first feature screenplay Caffeine. He then wrote Death at a Funeral, which would later be remade in 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://filmdoctor.co.uk/2016/01/15/moonwalkers-screenwriter-dean-craig-in-conversation-catch-up/|title='Moonwalkers' screenwriter – Dean Craig – in Conversation catch up|date=15 January 2016|access-date=21 January 2018|archive-date=13 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113132435/http://filmdoctor.co.uk/2016/01/15/moonwalkers-screenwriter-dean-craig-in-conversation-catch-up/|url-status=dead}}
He has taught screenwriting at the London Film School.{{Cite web|url=http://lfs.org.uk/full-time-study/ma-screenwriting/course-tutors|title = Tutors | London Film School}}
Filmography
- The Estate (2022) - Director/Writer
- The Honeymoon (2022) - Director/Writer
- Love, Wedding, Repeat (2020) - Director/Writer
- My Dog Stupid (2019) - Writer
- Hit the Road (2017, TV series) - Writer
- A Few Less Men (2017) - Writer
- Carrie Pilby (2016) - Writer
- Moonwalkers (2015) - Writer
- A Few Best Men (2012) - Writer
- Death at a Funeral (2010) - Writer
- Off the Hook (2009, TV series) - Writer
- Death at a Funeral (2007) - Writer
- Caffeine (2006) - Writer
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1918877|name=Dean Craig}}
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Category:People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School
Category:English screenwriters
Category:English male screenwriters
Category:English film directors
Category:Screenwriting instructors
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