Daniel Cockburn
- Directing
- Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Daniel Cockburn is a Canadian moving-image artist based in Glasgow. His work deals with rhythm, language, and thought experiments, drawing on sources spanning video games, literature, power ballads, and sci-fi/fantasy/horror. His 2010 feature film You Are Here has been described as “a new kind of narrative for a new technological era” (Mark Peranson, Cinema Scope), “a major discovery” (Olivier Père, Locarno Film Festival), and “a whatsit” (Gavin Smith, Film Comment). He’s currently working on a live performance about medieval music and a movie adaptation of Mark Vonnegut’s memoir The Eden Express.
Known for
Filmography
- The Abjuration · Self, Director
- The Invocation · Director
- Ahead of the Curve · Self, Director
- It Was So Beautiful · Director
- God's Nightmares · Director
- Correspondence 1989-1999 · Self, Director
- Pattern Recognition · Self, Director
- The Argument (with annotations) · Director
- Repeat Viewing (After Hours) · Self, Director
- All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie) · Self, Director
- Sculpting Memory · Director, Writer
- The National Parks Project · Director
- You Are Here · Director, Writer
- Figure vs. Ground · Director
- WEAKEND · Director
- The Impostor (hello goodbye) · Daniel Cockburn, Director
- Metronome · Self, Director
- i hate video · Director
- Rocket Man · Director
- Doctor Virtuous · Doctor Virtuous (Voice), Director
- The Eden Express · Director, Writer