Daniel Cockburn

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.

Directed

1. You Are Here (2011) — Director
2. The National Parks Project (2011) — Director
3. The Abjuration (2024) — Director
4. The Impostor (hello goodbye) (2003) — Director
5. Pattern Recognition (2017) — Director
6. Correspondence 1989-1999 (2019) — Director
7. Doctor Virtuous (1999) — Director
8. Repeat Viewing (After Hours) (2017) — Director
9. It Was So Beautiful (2023) — Director
10. The Argument (with annotations) (2017) — Director
11. God's Nightmares (2019) — Director
12. All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie) (2015) — Director
13. Metronome (2002) — Director
14. Sculpting Memory (2015) — Director
15. The Eden Express — Director
16. The Invocation (2024) — Director
17. Ahead of the Curve (2024) — Director
18. Rocket Man (2000) — Director
19. WEAKEND (2003) — Director
20. Figure vs. Ground (2004) — Director
21. i hate video (2002) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Abjuration (2024) — Self
2. All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie) (2015) — Self
3. Metronome (2002) — Self
4. The Impostor (hello goodbye) (2003) — Daniel Cockburn
5. Correspondence 1989-1999 (2019) — Self
6. Pattern Recognition (2017) — Self (voice)
7. Doctor Virtuous (1999) — Doctor Virtuous (Voice)
8. Repeat Viewing (After Hours) (2017) — Self
9. Ahead of the Curve (2024) — Self