About
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.
Filmography
The Invocation2024 · Director
The Abjuration2024 · Director
Ahead of the Curve2024 · Director, Music
It Was So Beautiful2023 · Director
God's Nightmares2019 · Director
Correspondence 1989-19992019 · Director
Pattern Recognition2017 · Director
The Argument (with annotations)2017 · Director
Repeat Viewing (After Hours)2017 · Director
All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie)2015 · Director
Sculpting Memory2015 · Writer, Director
The National Parks Project2011 · Director
You Are Here2011 · Director, Writer, Producer
Figure vs. Ground2004 · Director
WEAKEND2003 · Director
The Impostor (hello goodbye)2003 · Writer, Director, Editor
Metronome2002 · Director, Additional Camera
i hate video2002 · Director
Rocket Man2000 · Director
Doctor Virtuous1999 · Editor, Writer, Director