John Krokidas

John Krokidas is an American film director screenwriter and producer best known for his directorial debut film the 2013 biographical drama Kill Your Darlings John received his BA in Theater American Studies from Yale University before attending New York Universitys Graduate Film Program where his first short film Shame No More went on to play over 70 film festivals while his second SloMo premiered at Telluride and Sundance and then aired on HBO PBS and the Sundance Channel John cowrote and directed his debut feature Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe Ben Foster Elizabeth Olsen Dane Dehaan Jack Huston Michael C Hall David Cross and Jennifer Jason Leigh It premiered at Sundance before screening in competition at Toronto and Venice before being released theatrically by Sony Pictures Classics John has directed television for ABC CBS and FOX and has written screenplays for Universal Fox 2000 Lionsgate and Miramax He is preparing to direct his second film Tunnels starring Susan Sarandon Anna Faris Patrick Wilson Alicia Silverstone and Jaeden Martell John has been chosen by Variety as one of their Top Ten Directors To Watch The Advocate as one of their Top 40 Under 40 and as one of Out Magazines Out 100 He serves as a CoChair of the DGAs LGBTQ Committee and is one of its original founders He has served as a judge and mentor for the Hamptons International Film Festival the Nantucket Film Festivals Screenwriters Colony Outfests Screenwriters Lab and has taught filmmaking at the University of Southern California New York University the New School and Yale University