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Bartholomew Nicholas Layton (born 1975) is an English documentary filmmaker. He is the writer and director of the films The Imposter and American Animals.

Early life and education

Both of his parents were artists, one a sculptor and the other a painter and theatre director. Early in his life, he considered going into film or being a painter.

Career

He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the true-crime story The Imposter. It is about Frédéric Bourdin, a French man who claimed to be a missing Texas teenager. Layton won a BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for the film at the 2013 EE British Academy Film Awards.

He both wrote and directed American Animals. It depicts a 2004 book heist, with fictionalized versions and interviews with real people. Among the interviewees are the original criminals behind the heist. He had initially discovered the story in a magazine. The film was picked up by MoviePass.

In May 2018, he signed with the Creative Artists Agency.

As of 2018, Layton is the creative director of RAW, a British production company.

Filmography

• Banged Up Abroad
• The Imposter (2012)
• American Animals (2018)
• Crime 101 (2025)

Personal life

Layton lives with his family in London.

References

1. "Search Results for England202620wales20births201837-2006".
2. Utichi, Joe (9 May 2018). "'American Animals' Director Bart Layton Signs With CAA". Deadline. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
3. Radish, Christina (3 June 2018). "Director Bart Layton on 'American Animals' and Reaching Out to the Real Criminals". Collider. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
4. "Bart Layton: Q&A". Bafta.org. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
5. ^ "BAFTA", Bart Layton
6. ^ "American Animals: Bart Layton's New Breed of True Crime", Slate, Studio 360, May 29, 2018
7. ^ "'American Animals' Director Bart Layton Signs With CAA", Joe Utichi, May 9, 2018, Deadline
8. "Bart Layton wins BAFTA", United Agents
9. "American Animals Director Bart Layton on His 'Slick As F*ck' Heist Movie", Hunter Harris, Vulture, May 31, 2018
10. "Filmmaker Bart Layton Presents American Animals as a Unique, Genre-Bending Heist Movie", Kiko Martinez, SA Current, June 18, 2018
11. "Bart Layton on Secrets, Lies, and American Animals", Richard Whittaker, June 14, 2018,
12. "Frustrating characters rob 'American Animals' of heist film greatness", The Daily Californian, June 14, 2018, A&E

External links

• Bart Layton at IMDb 
• Bart Layton on Twitter

• 1975 births
• British documentary film directors
• Living people
• Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer BAFTA Award winners