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David Bickerstaff
Artist, filmmaker and creative director of digital media for narrative environments

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JOHN SINGER SARGENT Fashion & Swagger Feature film about The greatest portrait painter of his era from the MFA Boston and Tate Britain, in Cinemas from 16th April 2024

VERMEER The Greatest Exhibition Feature film about the largest exhibition of Vermeer paintings in history. Exculusively from the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Opening in Cinemas from 18th April 2023

TATSUMI ORIMOTO A Cosmic Chaos A short fim about the controversial Japanese artist Tatsumi Orimoto which features 'Breadman' performances and works made with is elderly mother Odai.

TOKYO STORIES Feature film for the EXHIBITION ON SCREEN series of documentaries. A portrait of a city told over 400 years. in cinemas from 23rd May 2023.

War Horse

SUNFLOWERS Feature film about one of the world's most iconic series of paintings. Opening in Cinemas from 20th May 2021

MICHELANGELO Love and Death Feature film exploring the work of one of the world's most famous artists. Opening in Cinemas in June 2017

Art360 Project and ArtThings Series of short documentaries commissioned by Art360 featuring artists discussing archive and legacy.

Making War Horse Documentary of the making of the National Theatre's smash hit stage show as it moves to the West End. More4/Sky Arts/National Theatre

Everything Flows

GOYA: Visions of Flesh and Blood Feature film exploring the life and work behind one of the world's visionary artists. Opening in Cinemas in 2015

Everything Flows: four artist documentaries Four short artist documentaries for the exhibition 'Everything flows: the art of getting in the zone at De La Warr Pavillion

PISSARRO Father of Impressionism Feature film about Impressionism's oldest and most important artist. Filmed at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford and the Kunstmuseum Basel. In cinemas from 24 May 2022

CROPOVER: Sonia Boyce The making of CROPOVER in Barbados - a project devised by artist Sonia Boyce for Harewood House. Includes a film called Grand Kadooment Day made by David Bickerstaff.

Hieronymus Bosch

Altenberg

Heavy Water: a film for Chernobyl Documentary about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster based on poems by Mario Petrucci. More4/Sky Arts

Van Gogh & Japan Feature film exploring the influence of Japanese art on one of the world's most famous artist. Opening in Cinemas in June 2019

The Curious World of HIERONYMUS BOSCH Feature film exploring the work of one of the world's most curious artists. Opening in Cinemas in 2016/17

Altenberg: The Little Pocket Mirror Documentary about the controversial Austrian writer made with Gemma Blackshaw at Plymouth University

Girl with a Pearl Earring

For you, only you Documentary about the making of Sonia Boyce's video installation For you, only you at Magdalen Capel Oxford

DEGAS Passion for Perfection Feature film exploring the work of one of the world's most famous artists. Opening in Cinemas in November 2018

Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis Feature film exploring the mysteries behind one of the world's most iconic painting. Opening in Cinemas in 2015

PAINTING THE MODERN GARDEN: Monet to Matisse Feature film exploring artists who used the garden as a powerful motif in their work. In cinemas 2016

MISSORTS A short documentary about a public performance work devised by the writer and novelist Tony White in 2010.

Swallows and Amazons: Bristol Old Vic sets sail Documentary of the making of Swallows and Amazons by Bristol old Vic. More4

THE DANISH COLLECTOR Delacroix to Gauguin Feature film about one of Denmark's finest collections of impressionist art and the man who assembled it. Opening in Cinemas from 30th November 2021

CANALETTO & The Art of Venice Feature film exploring the work of one of Italy's most famous artists. Opening in Cinemas in Sept 2017

Museum of the White Horse Documentary about the making of a travelling museum dedicated to white horses by Tania Kovats

DRIFT Short documentary about the making of DRIFT - a project devised by the artist Sonia Boyce.

VINCENT van GOGH: A New Way of Seeing Feature film exploring the life and work behind one of the world's most iconic artists. Opening in Cinemas in 2015

Ho Narro: Sonia Boyce A project devised by artist Sonia Boyce and produced by Axel Lapp. Filmed and edited by David Bickerstaff.

SLOW A visual essay about slow manufacturing in Austria made in collaboration with design historian and anthopologist Alison Clarke