Dan Schneidkraut

Dan is an award-winning writer/director/editor and sometimes camera operator from Colorado who works and resides in Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 2018). A recipient of two McKnight Fellowships (2010/2016) and The Creative Capital Award for Moving Image (2015), Dan has been recognized primarily for his experimental narrative work (Seeking Wellness, Invincible Force). But he has also delved into the documentary form with a personal exploration of fatherhood, familial violence, and the death of record stores entitled Old Man. Dan's second feature documentary, Vore King, is a detailed portrait of R.P. Whalen, world famous horror host, trash movie guru, carnival sideshow barker and America's premier purveyor of vorarephilia fetish pornography. His work has been called "uncomfortable to watch" (Urban Cinephile, 2009), "sublime yet terrifying" (Filmstock, 2008), "stunningly depraved" (Melbourne Underground, 2009) and "the kind of thinky/sadistic exercise that even the dark prince of psychological horror Michael Haneke might find difficult to watch" (City Pages, 2008). Dan is often credited as only "Dan S", a tribute to film legend Bruno S.