Known for Directing
David McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician.
Born
December 29, 1963 (age 62)
Birthplace
Maidenhead, England, UK
Filmography
53 films, 3 shows


Signal to Noise
2018 · 15m
country: United Kingdom
A pilot for a never made feature length film, about a dying movie director.


Visitors
2017 · 9m
country: United Kingdom
The California coastline watches impassively as visitors arrive
Lunacy: The Making of Luna
Lunacy: The Making of Luna
2015 · 33m
country: Unknown
The making-of documentary for Dave McKean's film "Luna."


Luna
2014 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
Renowned 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.


The Gospel of Us
2012 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
Film version of the 72 hour Passion play performed in Port Talbot, Wales during Easter 2011
Dawn
Dawn
2006 · 9m
country: United Kingdom
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.


Show + Tell
2006 · 1h
country: Unknown
A 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.


Displacements
2006 · 22m
country: United Kingdom
An 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.
Whack!
Whack!
2006 · 14m
country: United Kingdom
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.


A Short Film for Adobe
2006 · 3m
country: United Kingdom
Adobe’s Photoshop program is demonstrated within the context of a photo shoot in a rather clever way.


MirrorMask
2005 · 1h 41m
country: United States
In 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.
Reason
Reason
2002 · 1m
country: United States
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.
n[eon]
n[eon]
2002 · 28m
country: United Kingdom
A man wanders around Venice, still bruised from a failed marriage, lost in an empty city, finding old books, memories, and a momentary ghost.
Iain Ballamy/Stian Carstensen
Iain Ballamy/Stian Carstensen
2002 · 3m
country: Unknown
A live performance at a jazz club by Iain Ballamy and Stian Carstensen, which McKean later added visual effects to.


Reminded
2002 · 1m
country: Unknown
A short film by Dave McKean.
The Week Before
The Week Before
1998 · 23m
country: United Kingdom
God created the world in seven days, but only after he couldn't put it off any longer.


Kodak: Take Pictures Further
1996 · 15m
country: United Kingdom
A short documentary about Dave McKean's process of creating an image.