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Declan Dale is a pseudonym used by Gee Malik Linton much in the way that the name Alan Smithee was used for films that a director has disowned. Dale's only film is Exposed (2016), a Keanu Reeves thriller that was significantly edited by Lionsgate Premiere without the original director's permission. The film, originally titled "Daughter of God", was a surreal bi-lingual drama, reminiscent of Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and Irréversible (2002), that focused on child abuse, violence towards women, mass incarceration, and police violence committed under the color of authority. However, the executives at Lionsgate Premiere thought they had been sold a Keanu Reeves cop-thriller. To increase the film's potential box office, during the editing process Lionsgate changed the story's focus to center on Reeves' character, and changed the movie into a generic crime-thriller. The director disowned the film, using the pseudonym of Declan Dale.

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Melissa Cardello Linton (1999 - present) ( 2 children)

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He comes from a large Jamaican family.



He majored in physics at Adelphi University.



Jamaican-American.



Considers the legendary reggae club, "House Of Leo" in Kingston, Jamaica, his all-time favorite music venue as a teen.



Worked with world renowned editor, Hervé de Luze, on the director's cut of Daughter of God, (Exposed).



His sought after science-fiction graphic novel, Shade Land, will hit bookstores in 2018. As of spring 2018, Netflix is in talks to co-finance and produce the feature motion picture.



Good friends with economist Nouriel Roubini.



Grew up in East New York Brooklyn and Jamaica W.I..



Wrote and will direct "The Seventh Swords" for Solaris Entertainment. Legendary Hong Kong action choreographer, Yuen Woo Ping was initially a producer on the project, as well as its fight choreographer. Amazon Studios will co-produce and finance.



His directorial debut was originally supposed to be the highly anticipated indie movie, "Razor" starring Danny Glover as an elderly ex-con suffering with the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's. Principal photography was set for fall, 2006, however, production fell through a week before they were set to begin.



Owned and operated one of the most exclusive full service, fitness and concierge services in the world -- with a global clientele that included royalty, Silicon Valley elite, and Hollywood studios.



While pursuing his master's degree in physics, he dropped out after selling his first screenplay that he worked on as a summer writing exercise to distract himself from his grueling physics curriculum.



Wrote and will direct the French crime drama, "The Mime" for Producer Philippe Carcassonne in summer, 2016 in Paris.



For his movie, Daughter of God (Exposed), he originally cast Philip Seymour Hoffman in the role of Detective Scott Galban. Keanu Reeves was eventually cast in the role.



Directed the movie "Exposed" and later had his name replaced as the pseudonym "Declan Dale" due to disagreements with the studio over possible re-editing of the movie.



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