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Daniel Armstrong (film director)

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Daniel Armstrong
Born
Daniel Robert Armstrong

28 August 1971 (1971-08-28) (age 53)
Melbourne, Australia
Occupation(s)Director, writer, editor, producer
Years active1983–present

Daniel Armstrong is an Australian film director. Armstrong is also known for his work as a writer, producer and editor.

Private life

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Armstrong grew up in Melbourne, Australia, attending the private school Scotch College, Melbourne. He continued his studies at Melbourne University from 1990 - 1994 receiving a Bachelor of Commerce/Law and a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree. After graduating Armstrong went on to travel, spending time in the UK, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and America. Upon his return to Australia in 1998 he completed a post graduate diploma in Multimedia Studies from Swinburne University. Never having had any formal film school training, Armstrong credits his expertise to on-the-job experience.

Combining all aspects of his favourite movie genres Armstrong coined the term "Neo-Pulp" describing it as "lovingly embracing the most extreme, cliche, and supercilious elements of pop culture and pulp literature and putting them in a human context... It’s not a spoof, it’s not horror, it’s not action, it’s not sci-fi, it’s not drama. It’s all of these things. It’s neo-pulp."[1] Most of Armstrong's films fall under this category.

Career

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Armstrong first begun making films at the age of 12, his first film being "Star Wars vs Greyskull" on his parents 8mm camera. Since then Armstrong went on to create many more films often both writing and directing them. In 2013 he released his first feature film MurderDrome, and in 2015 came From Parts Unknown: Fight Like a Girl. From Parts Unknown was actually filmed before MurderDrome but was not released until later due to what Armstrong quoted as "post-production issues". Both were released on DVD by Monster Pictures.

Filmography

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Year Film Director Producer Writer Editor Notes
2010 Snake Eyes checkY checkY checkY checkY Short film
2013 Metal Murder 3D checkY checkY checkY
2014 MurderDrome checkY checkY checkY checkY
2015 From Parts Unknown: Fight Like a Girl checkY checkY checkY checkY Also cinematographer
2016 Sheborg Massacre checkY checkY checkY checkY MUFF Award - Special Jury Award
2017 Tarnation checkY checkY checkY checkY
2018 Evil Fred checkY Filming
2019 Nova Star checkY checkY checkY checkY

References

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  1. ^ "First Look at Daniel Armstrong's 'Sheborg Massacre' - HorrorMovies.ca". Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
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