ROGUE RUNNER
DAN HARTLEY
EP, Director and MD at Rogue Runner | Scripted and Documentary | BAFTA & Emmy nominated
Dan is a BAFTA and Emmy-nominated writer/director/producer raised in the Yorkshire Dales. After graduating from law school, he began his career as a video assist operator and set editor on studio films, honing his craft while developing his own projects.
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His debut feature film, Lad: A Yorkshire Story, became a sleeper hit during the pandemic, earning national headlines and widespread acclaim on Amazon Prime and Channel 5. This followed the success of his BAFTA Cymru-nominated short film, Love You, Joseff Hughes.
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His latest film, alongside double-academy award winning producer Simon Chinn, the feature documentary, The Boy Who Lived (HBO and SKY) received a 5* review in The Guardian and was described by The Evening Standard as, ‘One of the most moving pieces of television all year.”
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His production company Rogue Runner is based in Leeds and he divides his time between London and Yorkshire.
Awards
BAFTA
Nominee
Nominee
EMMY
THE BOY WHO LIVED
BAFTA TV NOMINEE 'Best Single Documentary'
EMMY NOMINEE 'Outstanding Social Issue Documentary'
EMMY NOMINEE 'Outstanding Editing'
EMMY NOMINEE 'Outstanding Music Composition'
LAD : A YORKSHIRE STORY
​WINNER ANCHORAGE FILM FESTIVAL 'Golden Oosikar' best feature
WINNER HOUSTON WORLDFEST 'REMI Gold' Best Feature
WINNER HOUSTON WORLDFEST 'REMI Gold best actor & supporting actor'
WINNER HOUSTON WORLDFEST 'REMI Gold best cinematography'
WINNER HOLLYWOOD IFF 'best child actor'
WINNER NIAGARA FILM FESTIVAL 'Best Director'
WINNER PRESCOTT FILM FESTIVAL 'Best Director'
WINNER KESICK FILM FESTIVAL 'Best Film'
WINNER LEEDS YOUTH FESTIVAL 'Best Film'
WINNER EDMONTON FILM FESTIVAL'Best Family film'
WINNER BRAUNSCHWEIGH FILM FESTIVAL 'Best Debut'
SHORT FILMS
BAFTA Cymru NOMINEE 'Best short film'
​BAFTA Big Pitch WINNER Cambridge Film Festival
WINNER Reed Short Film Competition 'judges commendation'
WINNER IceWhole Quarterly Awards 'Best Sound'
WINNER IceWhole January Awards 'Best Short'
WINNER NPA Jury prize 'Best short film'
WINNER NPA Audience prize 'Best short film'
WINNER Boston Int'l Film Festival 'Best short film'
WINNER Cannes Film Festival 24 hour challenge 'Best short film'
PRESS
THE BOY WHO LIVED
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GUARDIAN The Boy Who Lived finds comfort in how friends cope when one of the team falls down, and it has the wisdom to recognise that the person who is supposed to need looking after often ends up caring for everyone else.
VARIETY The documentary works to introduce its audience to Holmes, who proves deserving of the spotlight. But they’ll go in knowing Radcliffe already, and as a result, it’s the star who feels most illuminated by The Boy Who Lived.
FINANCIAL TIMES Through [Holmes'] untainted pride for his work, the film becomes not just a tribute to one individual, but to all those behind the scenes who bring magic to the movies.
WALL STREET JOURNAL Much of what makes The Boy Who Lived special are the inexplicable ways people respond to the unexpected, and the randomly tragic, and whether they stick around when it would be much easier to vanish, as if by wizardry.
DAILY TELEGRAPH This quietly inspiring portrait of stoicism ends, beautifully...
CNN Alternately uplifting and devastating, a warm reminiscence about the Harry Potter franchise and a glimpse into child stardom, it’s finally a tribute to its namesake, who concludes that he’d “better tell my story, or it won’t be told.
NEW YORK TIMES “The Boy Who Lived” provides an unusual behind-the-scenes portrait of how life goes on after movies are made.
LONDON EVENING STANDARD In this tragic story, Holmes is unbowed -- and to see him and Radcliffe ambling through the Potter archives together, reminiscing about the good times, is both triumphant and heartbreaking.
COLLIDER David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived is a remarkable story of resilience and love, told through the optimistic eyes of Holmes and his tremendous support system.