Bartholomew Nicholas Layton (born 1975)[1] is an English documentary filmmaker. He is the writer and director of the films The Imposter and American Animals.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Both of his parents were artists, one a sculptor and the other a painter and theatre director.[5] Early in his life, he considered going into film or being a painter.[5]
Career
He made his directorial debut in 2012 with the true-crime story The Imposter.[6] 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[7] at the 2013 EE British Academy Film Awards.[8]
He both wrote and directed American Animals. It depicts a 2004 book heist, with fictionalized versions and interviews with real people.[6] Among the interviewees are the original criminals behind the heist.[9] He had initially discovered the story in a magazine.[10][11] The film was picked up by MoviePass.[12]
