Directing
Dave McKean
Born 1963-12-29 · Maidenhead, England, UK
David McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.
Acting credits
Mr. Punch is left in charge of the baby. When Judy returns, the baby is dead. This is only the first murder. Others follow as this live action version of the children's favourite Punch & Judy unfolds.
Whack!
2006
8.0A chronological compilation featuring clips from Dave McKean's films, from his earliest art school bumblings and false starts, to his feature length films Mirrormask and Luna. Includes interviews and commentary by Dave McKean.
Show + Tell
2006
NRA documentary that explores what it means to be an artist and why it's important to pursue your passion- even in the face of failure.
Temple of Art
2018
A young girl is woken in the night by a noise in her house. Unable to get back to sleep, she starts to worry about anything and everything.
Dawn
2006
NRAdobe’s Photoshop program is demonstrated within the context of a photo shoot in a rather clever way.
A Short Film for Adobe
2006
NRA short documentary about Dave McKean's process of creating an image.
Kodak: Take Pictures Further
1996
The making-of documentary for Dave McKean's film "Luna."
Lunacy: The Making of Luna
2015
Behind the camera
6.4In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
MirrorMask
2005
A man wanders around Venice, still bruised from a failed marriage, lost in an empty city, finding old books, memories, and a momentary ghost.
n[eon]
2002
A man wanders around Venice, still bruised from a failed marriage, lost in an empty city, finding old books, memories, and a momentary ghost.
n[eon]
2002
Mr. Punch is left in charge of the baby. When Judy returns, the baby is dead. This is only the first murder. Others follow as this live action version of the children's favourite Punch & Judy unfolds.
Whack!
2006
8.0A chronological compilation featuring clips from Dave McKean's films, from his earliest art school bumblings and false starts, to his feature length films Mirrormask and Luna. Includes interviews and commentary by Dave McKean.
Show + Tell
2006
A young girl is woken in the night by a noise in her house. Unable to get back to sleep, she starts to worry about anything and everything.
Dawn
2006
A young girl is woken in the night by a noise in her house. Unable to get back to sleep, she starts to worry about anything and everything.
Dawn
2006
Created for MTV to be shown a year after the events of September 11, 2001, based on a still image Dave McKean created for an artist’s book of responses to the same events.
Reason
2002
NRThe California coastline watches impassively as visitors arrive
Visitors
2017
NRThe California coastline watches impassively as visitors arrive
Visitors
2017
NRThe California coastline watches impassively as visitors arrive
Visitors
2017
NRAn abstract film, collecting together the 6 rooms Dave McKean made for Chris Petit to reshoot, cut-up, and generally abuse, in pursuit of images for his film 'Asylum', made in collaboration with the writer Iain Sinclair.
Displacements
2006
NRA short film by Dave McKean.
Reminded
2002
NRAdobe’s Photoshop program is demonstrated within the context of a photo shoot in a rather clever way.
A Short Film for Adobe
2006
9.0Film version of the 72 hour Passion play performed in Port Talbot, Wales during Easter 2011
The Gospel of Us
2012
6.6Renowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live action and gorgeously wrought animation to this dreamlike reverie about four people whose weekend idyll in an isolated English seaside home becomes an opportunity for spiritual healing.
Luna
2014
6.6Renowned artist and filmmaker Dave McKean (MirrorMask) brings his distinctive blend of live action and gorgeously wrought animation to this dreamlike reverie about four people whose weekend idyll in an isolated English seaside home becomes an opportunity for spiritual healing.
Luna
2014
NRA pilot for a never made feature length film, about a dying movie director.
Signal to Noise
2018
NRA pilot for a never made feature length film, about a dying movie director.
Signal to Noise
2018
God created the world in seven days, but only after he couldn't put it off any longer.
The Week Before
1998
God created the world in seven days, but only after he couldn't put it off any longer.
The Week Before
1998
A live performance at a jazz club by Iain Ballamy and Stian Carstensen, which McKean later added visual effects to.
Iain Ballamy/Stian Carstensen
2002
NRA short documentary about Dave McKean's process of creating an image.
Kodak: Take Pictures Further
1996
The making-of documentary for Dave McKean's film "Luna."
Lunacy: The Making of Luna
2015