Drew Daywalt

Drew Daywalt
Born (1970-01-05) January 5, 1970
Occupation Director, editor, producer, writer
Years active 1997-present

Drew Daywalt (born January 5, 1970) is an American filmmaker and author, best known for his work on horror films and for writing the best-selling children's book The Day the Crayons Quit.[1][2]

Career

Filmmaking

Daywalt first achieved fame writing and directing short films with the horror filmmaking YouTube channel Fewdio, co-founded by Dewalt in 2007. In a 2009 interview with Dread Central, Daywalt described the origins of Fewdio, saying, "We were all a little bit burned out on dealing with studio execs around the time the strike hit. I had been a script writer for 17 years, and I’d written for and rewritten everyone in town so I was ready for something different. We had done the Axe Body campaign (how dirty boys get clean) that pretty much set us up financially so we could get through the strike. That’s when we decided to do what we loved as children - make horror films. We really wanted to do something for ourselves. I read everything I could about cameras and saved up a thousand bucks, and we shot our first short, 'Cursed.'"[3] Daywalt made numerous shorts with Fewdio, and his 2009 horror short "Bedfellows" won the Chiller-Eyegore Award for Best Short Film.[4] Drew Grant of Salon described Daywalt's work with the group as "the first really great horror films for the Internet era."[1] The group disbanded in 2010, however, and Daywalt went on to found his own YouTube channel Daywalt Fear Factory.[1]

In 2012, Daywalt wrote and directed his first feature length film, the made-for-television fantasy horror film Red Clover (released as Leprechaun's Revenge) for SyFy Channel.[5] The film was met with mixed to negative reviews.[6][7]

The Day the Crayons Quit

Daywalt later wrote the children's book The Day the Crayons Quit with illustrations by Oliver Jeffers, which was published by Penguin Group June 27, 2013.[8][9] The book was a critical and commercial success, earning positive responses from critics and selling over one-and-a-half million copies worldwide.[2][10][11][12][13]

In late July 2014, the film rights for The Day the Crayons Quit were purchased by Universal Studios, with Matt Lopez set to script and Madhouse Entertainment set to produce.[14] In October 2014, Daywalt also announced a sequel to the book titled The Day the Crayons Came Home.[2]

In February 2015, The Day The Crayons Quit was announced as the 2015 Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner, having received 29,931 votes from Texas children.[15] Drew and Jeffers were awarded April 16, 2015 at the Texas Bluebonnet Award Luncheon.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Grant, Drew (April 14, 2011). "Interview with Drew Daywalt: Horror’s great Internet age begins". Salon. Salon Media Group. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Lodge, Sally (October 2, 2014). "The Return of the 'Crayons'". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Drew Daywalt Talks Fewdio and Camera Obscura". Dread Central. October 20, 2009. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Decker, Sean (October 3, 2009). "Dread Central at the 2009 Chiller-Eyegore Awards and Halloween Horror Nights". Dread Central. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Barton, Steve (February 27, 2012). "Red Clover Becomes Leprechaun’s Revenge and Gets an Air Date from Syfy". Dread Central. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Leprechaun’s Revenge (2012)". Dread Central. March 21, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Review: Red Clover". DVD Verdict. October 31, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  8. ↑ Burnett, Matia (July 11, 2013). "A Picturesque Release Party: 'The Day the Crayons Quit'". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  9. ↑ Alter, Alexandra (September 3, 2014). "Inviting Young Readers to Take Sides in a Crayon-Labor Dispute". The New York Times. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  10. ↑ Lodge, Sally (September 9, 2014). "Kids to Crayons: 'Don't Quit!'". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt - review". The Guardian. July 4, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  12. ↑ Herzog, Danielle (November 13, 2014). "What We’re Reading: The Day the Crayons Quit". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Children's Books: Outside The Lines". The Wall Street Journal. June 21, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  14. ↑ Fleming, Mike (July 30, 2014). "Universal Buys Drew Daywalt Kid Book ‘The Day The Crayons Quit’". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Texas Bluebonnet Award 2015 Official Voting Statistics" (PDF). Texas Library Association. Retrieved April 18, 2015.

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