Daniel Kay

Daniel Kay took an interest in movies at a young age inspired by independent films like Clerks 1994 and The Brothers McMullen 1995 After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English Kay began making his first film writing and directing the offbeat comedydrama Way Off Broadway 2001 The film played at over 30 film festivals and was ultimately optioned by IFC Kay still had to work his way up in the film industry Early in his career he was hired by Disney to write a script for an animated directtoDVD project Tinkerbell 2 but that work was ultimately not used after a shift in management He continued working production jobs that allowed him time outside of work to develop his screenplays His next script to go into production was the horror film Timber Falls 2007 which follows a couple on a harrowing journey when they encounter violent locals during their travels Kay built a reputation as a reliable writer of horror films and later was approached to adapt the chilling short story Pay the Ghost by Tim Lebbon The resulting film starred Nicolas Cage and was released in 2015