David Askevold

Biography

David Askevold was an experimental American-Canadian artist who lived in Nova Scotia. Askevold studied art and anthropology at the University of Montana. In 1963, he won a Max Beckmann Scholarship to study painting for a year at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York. In 1966, he enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute to complete a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, in Sculpture. Askevold went to Halifax and joined the faculty of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1968.

Directed

1. Bliss D.F.² (1979) — Director
2. Fill (1970) — Director
3. Finn Slough (1995) — Director
4. Lipstick for the Border (2002) — Director
5. Cultural Geographies (1995) — Director
6. Sixteen Candles (1990) — Director
7. How Long Have You Known Barbara? (1987) — Director
8. Six Fifty (1989) — Director
9. Honky Tonkin' (1986) — Director
10. Learning About Cars and Chocolates (1972) — Director
11. Green Willow for Delaware (1974) — Director
12. Jumped Out (1985) — Director
13. Fork Pairs (1971) — Director
14. Knife Throw (1969) — Director
15. Catapult (1970) — Director
16. My Recall of an Imprint from a Hypothetical Jungle (1973) — Director
17. Rubber Band (1971) — Director
18. Rhea (1982) — Director
19. Two Hanks (2003) — Director
20. 1/4 Moon (1986) — Director
21. Don't Eat Crow (1994) — Director
22. Nova Scotia Fires (1969) — Director
23. It’s No Use Crying (1972) — Director
24. Very Soon You Will (1977) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Rubber Band (1971) — Self
2. Learning About Cars and Chocolates (1972) — Self
3. Catapult (1970) — Self
4. Fork Pairs (1971) — Self
5. Knife Throw (1969) — Self