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

The Eden Express
Rocket Man
2000
Sculpting Memory
2015
Pattern Recognition
2017
The National Parks Project
2011
Metronome
2002
The Argument (with annotations)
2017
You Are Here
2011
Doctor Virtuous
1999
WEAKEND
2003
Ahead of the Curve
2024
i hate video
2002

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
9
Directing
21
Writing
5
Producing
1
Camera
1
Editing
2
Sound
1
2024
Ahead of the Curve
as Self
2024
The Abjuration
as Self
2019
Correspondence 1989-1999
as Self
2017
Pattern Recognition
as Self (voice)
2017
Repeat Viewing (After Hours)
as Self
2015
All the Mistakes I've Made, Part 2 (or: How Not To Watch A Movie)
as Self
2003
The Impostor (hello goodbye)
as Daniel Cockburn
2002
Metronome
as Self
1999
Doctor Virtuous
as Doctor Virtuous (Voice)