Dave McKean Movies

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.

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.

A 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.

Film version of the 72 hour Passion play performed in Port Talbot, Wales during Easter 2011

A short documentary about Dave McKean's process of creating an image.

The making-of documentary for Dave McKean's film "Luna."

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.

A man wanders around Venice, still bruised from a failed marriage, lost in an empty city, finding old books, memories, and a momentary ghost.

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 visual interpretation accompanying a reading of William Shakespeare's titular sonnet.

The California coastline watches impassively as visitors arrive

"Hold Me" follows John through cold, desolate London, where he encounters a mysterious "Shadowed Man" seeking connection. As John reconnects with his past and faces betrayal, he ultimately embraces the ghostly figure, finding fleeting warmth in human touch.

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.

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.

Adobe’s Photoshop program is demonstrated within the context of a photo shoot in a rather clever way.

A pilot for a never made feature length film, about a dying movie director.

A short film by Dave McKean.

God created the world in seven days, but only after he couldn't put it off any longer.

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.

A music video for the band Buckethead.