
David Gatten
Known for
Directing
Born
February 11, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Biography
David Edward Gatten (Born February 11, 1971, Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American experimental filmmaker and moving image artist. Since 1996 Gatten's films have explored the intersection of the printed word and moving image, cataloguing the variety of ways in which texts function in cinema as both language and image, often blurring the boundary between these categories. His 16mm films often employ cameraless techniques, combined with close-up cinematography and optical printing processes. In addition to the ongoing 16mm films, Gatten is now making hybrid 16mm/digital works and has completed an entirely digital feature-length project called The Extravagant Shadows.
Among other projects, they...
Best known work
What Places of Heaven, What Planets Directed, How Long the Effects? or, The General Accidents of the World
2013Filmography
2028
The Dusting of the BooksDirector
2028
2025
The Spirit LampDirector
2021
2019
2018
2017
Odysseus and the Oceanic Feelingas Narrator
2016
Intermissionas Narrator
2016
The Illinois Parablesas Himself
2016
2016
2015
Crossing Brooklyn FerryDirector
2013
2013
2012
The Extravagant ShadowsDirector
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
Journals and RemarksDirector
2008
Today! (excerpts)Director
2008
Today! (excerpts #28 and #19)Director
2008
2008
Rete: Red Hook, BrooklynDirector
2007
How to Conduct a Love AffairDirector









