Dalano Barnes

Directing

Birthplace: Cornwall, UK

Dalano Barnes is a Cornish filmmaker and founder of Cultful Films. After producing a series of animated short films, he wrote and directed his first live action short film The Man Behind the Machine (2023), which became part of the sci-fi anthology Merge (2025), reaching the UK Top 10 on Amazon Prime Video. Dalano is now in development with his debut feature film Amongst Crows.