Dan Berlinka | sheil-land

Dan Berlinka is a BAFTA-winning writer, director and producer. Dan co-created and co-wrote THE A LIST for Kindle Entertainment /Lionsgate/CBBC, for which he also directed six episodes, including both season finales. After series one it was picked up and recommissioned by Netflix worldwide, with Dan as an EP over the series. Award winning online mystery drama DIXI ran for four series on CBBC and for which Dan won his second BAFTA. Dan’s 10 x 30’ original children's comedy series LAGGING debuted on CBBC in 2021 and ran for a further two series. Dan was headwriter for ITCH, an adaptation of the Simon Mayo novel he developed for Komixx now broadcasting on ABC Me and CBBC. Dan also developed RHYME TIME TOWN, an animation series for Dreamworks/Netflix which is now streaming on Netflix. Dan has just completed a 60 x 1’ micro-drama which is heading into production and he is writing a feature animation for Toonz. He has an original mystery thriller pilot in development with NoHo Films, an original thriller optioned by Sipur Studios and is working on a comedy series with producer Jon Rolph/Northbridge Media.

Dan also wrote INSPECTOR SUNSHINE a family movie produced by Perplexia Pictures/Great Point Media. His TV credits include episodes of THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO (ITV), CASUALTY (BBC) (for which he has also directed), GET EVEN (CBBC / Netflix) BBC iPlayer, SHAUN THE SHEEP (Aardman/CBBC), HOLLYOAKS (Lime/C4) amongst many many others.