Daniel Cockburn
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Filmography
- —The Eden ExpressThe Eden ExpressFilm · Director, Writer
- 2024The InvocationFilm · Director
- 2024The AbjurationFilm · Director
- 2024Ahead of the CurveFilm · Director, Music
- 2023It Was So BeautifulIt Was So BeautifulFilm · Director
- 2019God's NightmaresFilm · Director
- 2019Correspondence 1989-1999Film · Director
- 2017Pattern RecognitionFilm · Director
- 2017The Argument (with annotations)Film · Director
- 2017Repeat Viewing (After Hours)Film · Director
- 2015All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie)Film · Director
- 2015Sculpting MemoryFilm · Writer, Director
- 2011The National Parks ProjectFilm · Director
- 2011You Are HereFilm · Writer, Director, Producer
- 2004Figure vs. GroundFilm · Director
- 2003WEAKENDFilm · Director
- 2003The Impostor (hello goodbye)Film · Writer, Director, Editor
- 2002MetronomeFilm · Director, Additional Camera
- 2002i hate videoFilm · Director
- 2000Rocket ManFilm · Director
- 1999Doctor VirtuousFilm · Writer, Director, Editor
