credited film director screenwriter born london england acting role short comedy film shocking accident film won academy award best short subject graduated oxford_university studied history won scholarship pursued graduate studies film television film received began professional film career directing commercials music videos associated film production company warp served second unit director film wrote directed film shown film festival shot film million budget days south_africa movie critics likened work film filmmaker bad things director knife water went serve writer film critics compared films director don look heart darkness early life education born london england acted short comedy film shocking accident directed based short story film won academy award best short subject received degree oxford_university focused history subsequently worked journalism won scholarship studied television film graduate student created short film titled work recognised interview stated role models include living new_york_city writer stayed apartment year bloom awarded scholarship study united_states resided film career prior work film director directed commercials music videos worked television productions british film production company alongside company founder served second unit director film written directed produced stars guardian noted end looks like heavy handed british horror review daily_telegraph commented movie appears shot dirty glass edited blender drive mad total film observed hidden sounds lead haunted rooms tedious mythology directed film punch wrote total budget film million production team went casting process took seven months film stars shot film south_africa days film shooting began march production dealt actors afflicted tidal location interview total film commented think extreme thriller extreme reality based thriller point film grounded reality wrote try push genre received mixed reviews film obtained rating based reviews rotten tomatoes score metacritic philadelphia_inquirer compared work films including filmmaker bad things director wrote punch offers gripping mix sexual heat nasty menace los_angeles_times additionally compared work director knife water concluded isn certain power turns paranoid rats film work shown film festival received positive reception audience attendance served writer film directed stars likened films don look heart darkness interviewed london noted london characterised film dark drama goes happily mad end keeps watching compared film don look concluded horrific narrative arc leave audience filmography awards nominations
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