Daniella DeVinter

Biography

Daniella DeVinter is an Anglo-Danish filmmaker, writer, and academic with an unhealthy interest in stories of sickness and obsession. Born in Whitechapel, East London, she was the first in her family to go to university, studying German literature at Oxford before defecting to Cambridge to write her PhD—an offbeat biography of Rainer Werner Fassbinder. An award-winning writer and director, Daniella is best known for Unwell Woman (2024), a gothic horror about hysteria and its haunted legacy, and…