About

 

Daniel Denton is a London based Visual Artist and Video Designer

His background is in Illustration and Experimental film and has gone on to create live visuals across, theatre, opera, dance, fashion, broadcast and installation. His video design work has gained him multiple award nominations including; The What’s On Stage Awards (Best Video Design – Misty), Off Westend Awards (Best Video design – “Misty” and “James Graham’s: Sketching”), Theatre and technology Awards (Creative Innovation in Video – “Ready or Not”). He has also been featured as part of the 2019 – Prague Quadrennial and at the V&A’s “Staging Places” exhibition for his work on “Misty”

 

Contact

Daniel is represented by Dan Usztan of United Agents for Video Design:

DUsztan@unitedagents.co.uk

Other enquires:

danieldentonuk@gmail.com

 

Production Credit

Video Design:

Reverberation – Bristol Old Vic – Dir. Giacomo Sain – 2024 (in-production)

Joyride – Malmö Opera – Dir. Guy Unsworth – 2024/25 (in-production)

 Tess of the d’Urbervilles – Ockhams Razor – UK tour – 2023

Anthropologie – Hampstead Theatre – Dir. Anna Ledwich – 2023

Falkland Sound – The Royal Shakespeare Company – Dir. Aaron Parsons – 2023

Disruption – The Park Theatre – Dir Hersh Ellis – 2023

Brief Encounter – New Wolsey (UK Tour) Dir. Douglas Rintoul – 2023

Misty – The Shed (NY) – Dir Omar Elrain – 2023

Run, Rebel – Pilot Theatre (UK tour) – Dir Tessa Walker – 2023

In The Net – Jermyn Street Theatre – Dir. Vicky Moran – 2023

Omega: 60 Years of James Bond – Secret Cinema – 2022

Kinky Boots – New Woolsey Theatre & Queens Theater Hornchurch – Dir. Tim Jackson – 2022

Happy Meal – UK Tour – Dir. Jamie Fletcher – 2022

NSFW – RADA – Dir. Joan Oliver – 2022

Hedwig and The Angry Inch – Leeds Playhouse – Dir. Jamie Fletcher – 2022

The Bone Sparrow – Pilot Theatre/York Theatre Royal – Dir. Esther Richardson – 2022

Redemption – Big House Theatre Company – Dir. Maggie Norris – 2021

iGirl – Abbey Theatre – Dir. Caitríona McLaughlin – 2021

The Wedding Singer – Royal Academy of Music – Dir Bruce Guthrie – 2021

For The Grace of You Go I – Theatr Clwyd – Dir. James Grieve – 2021

Misfits – Hornchurch Queens Theatre – Dir. Douglas Rintoul – 2020

Secret Cinema: Stranger Things – The Drive In Experince – Dir. Matthew Bennet – 2020

Secret Cinema: Stranger Things – Secret Cinema – Dir. Matthew Bennet – 2019

The Thing – Les Enfants Terribles –  Dir. Oliver Lansley – 2019

Kes: Reimagined- BBC and The Space – Dir. Johnathan Watkins – 2019

Whitewash – Soho Theatre – Dir. – 2019

Us Against Whatever – Middle Child – Dir. Paul Smith – 2019

Flashdance: The Musical – Korean Tour – Dir. Hannah Chiswick -2019

Hansel and Gretel – Rose Theatre – Dir. Rosie Jones – 2018

The Little Prince – Protein Dance – Dir. Luca Silvestrini  2018-19

Sundowing – Kali Theatre Company – Dir. Helena Bell 2018

James Graham’s Sketching – Wilton’s Music Hall – Dir. Thomas Hescott 2018

On Raftery’s Hill – Abbey Theatre – Dir Caitríona McLaughlin 2018

Misty – Bush Theatre and Trafalgar Studios – Dir Omar Elrain 2018

Alice In Winterland – Rose Theatre – Dir Ciaran McConville   2017

Flashdance: The Musical – UK tour – Dir Hannah Chiswick  2017-18

To Love Somebody Melancholy – National Tour – 2017

Ready Or Not -The Arcola Theatre and national tour – Dir Helena Bell 2017, 

Peter Pan – Exeter Northcott Theatre – Dir Paul Jepson 2016

Bumblescratch – Adelphi Theatre – Dir Steward Nichols 2016

Biedermann and the Arsonists – Sadler’s Wells – Dir Max Hoen 2015

Theatre/Music/Performance/Installation:

Star Princess Permanent video installations (2023/24) – Princess Cruises – Art Director and Senior Motion Designer

Ibrahim Governance Forum (2022) – Barefoot Live – Motion Designer

Strictly: The Professionals – UK Tour (2022) – Associate Video Designer

Les Miserables: In Concert – Sondhiem Theatre (2020) – Associate Video Designer

City of Angels – Garrwick Theatre (2020) – Animator

Faustus That Damned Woman: Hammersmith Lyric (2020) – Animator

Sleepless In Seattle: The musical (2019-20) Illustrator

Peter Gynt – National Theatre (2019) Editor/Animator

Secret Cinema: Casino Royal – (2019) Lead Animator

Center Stage – P&O – (2019) Associate Video Designer

The Monstrous Child – Linbury Theatre at Royal Opera House (2019) – Lead Animator/Associate Video Designer

The Cost of Living – Hampstead Theatre (2019) – Associate Video Designer/Programmer

A Monster Calls – The Old Vic and Bristol Old Vic (2018) – Programmer

Secret Cinema – Romeo and Juliet (2018) – Editor/Animator 

Anual Fundraiser – The Royal Opera House (2018) – Animator

Tonight The Eighties – JACC – Kuwait (2018) – Lead Animator

Secret Cinema – Blade Runner (2018) – Lead Animator

Prism – Hampstead Theatre (2017) – Animator

The Railway Children – Exeter Northcott Theatre (2017) – Associate Video Designer/Lead Animator

40 Years On – Chichester Festival Theatre (2017) – Associate Video Designer/Animator

Don Juan In Soho (2017) Animator

Carmen (2017) – Illustrator/Animator

The Owl and The Pussycat (2017) – Animator

Toyota CHR (2017) – Animator

Secret Cinema (2017) Moulin Rouge – Animator

Don Juan in Soho (2017) Wyndams Theatre – Animator

Tamberlaine (2017) Arcola Theatre – Animator

Big The Musical (2016) Plymouth Theatre Royal – Lead Animator

Madam Butterfly (2016) Glyndebourne – Editor

Exposure (2016) St James Theatre – Editor

Andrea Chénier (2016) – Opera North – Illustrator

Pila Pina (2016) – MAK Iceland – Illustrator

Only the Brave (2016) Welsh Millennium Centre – Lead Animator

Mickey and The Magicians (2016) Disney Land Paris – Lead Animator

The Government Inspector (2016) – Birmingham Mac and Tour – Animator

Pure Imagination (2015) – Animator

Blur at Hyde Park (2015) – Animator

Amazon Imaging Studio Launch (2015) – Amazon Imaging Studio – Animator

Notorious (2015) Göteborg Opera – Animato/Editor

5th and 57th (2015) Old Selfridges Hotel – Lead Animator
Crossing (2015) Citi Shubert Theatre USA – Illustrator/Animator

Love’s Sacrifice (2015) The Royal Shakespeare Company – Illustrator/Animator

Love, Loss and Chianti (2015) Chichester Festival Theatre – Illustrator/Animator

Elf: The Musical (2014) Theatre Royal Plymouth – Animator/Illustrator

Khamsah – National Youth Theatre/ King Abdelaziz Centre for World Culture – Saudi Arabia (2014) Animator/Visual designer

Home – Brolly Productions (2014) – Research and Development/Video Editor

Broadcast Storybox – The Science Museum, London (2014) Illustrator/Animator

Amadeus – Chichester Festival Theatre (2014) – Illustrator

London Rocks – Busch Gardens USA (2014) – Animator Compositor

Bombay Bicycle Club World Tour (2014) – Animator

Moon Tiger – Theatre Royal Bath (2014) – Animator/Photo editor

Neige – Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg (2013) – Animator/Editor

American Psycho – Almeida Theatre – Illustrator/Animator (2013)

The Feeling Of Going – Skanes Dansteater – Illustrator/Animator (2013)

American Lulu – The Opera Group – Illustrator/Animator (2013) Mesmer

Manchester Sounds: The Massacre – Library Theatre Company – Animator (2013)

Calvert Journal Launch – Calver22 – London – Editor – Mesmer Studios (2013)

Aristophanes Now! – Athens, Istanbul, London, – Mesmer Studios (2013)


Faust – Mariinsky Theatre – Saint Petersburg (2013) – Animation – Mesmer Studios


The Flying Dutchman – Festival Theatre – Edinburgh (2013) – Animation – Mesmer Studios

Broadcast and Web:

“Spirit of Talk Talk –  Animator – Directed by James Marsh and Lydia Hibbert (2012)

Shifting Peaks and Nasty Rips Vol. 2, Album Sampler – Animator/Director (2013)


Odessa, “Get Right” –  Animator/Director – (2013)

World Cup Carnival – Web promo – The Vaults (2014)

“What makes me me? – and other interesting questions” – 2013 – Illustration and animation – Mosiac Films

“I May Be Some Time” – Short Film by Ana Stefaniak – 2014 – Animator/Compositor

“Raveyard” – Web promo – The Vaults (2014-15)

“Wahaca’s Festival of the Dead” – Promo -The Vaults – 2016

“Beauty and The Feast” – Promo – The Vaults – 2017

“BBC WJEC Religion” – Mosiac Motion – 2017

“Sounds and Scorcery: The Music of Fantasia” – The Vaults – 2018

DATA Stories – Mo Ibrahim Foundation – Barefoot Live – 2021-22 – Motion Designer

Dermot Kennedy – “Dreamer” – Projection and Motion Designer – 2022

Screening and Exhibitions:

Pop Gallery – Chatham -Video Installation/Screening of Transdigital Vol.2 – 10/10/14

Strange Cargo – Screening of Scanography#2 as part of Cheriton Light Festival – 23/02/13


The Rochester Room – with 51:Zero – Exhibition of video pieces and ‘Scanner Camera’ as well as artist talk/ live demonstration of own experimental digital film techniques.

Jotta: Refractions – Kopperburg ün-establishment – exhibition of Scanography#3 video installation (20/10/12 – 25/10/12)

Stepping Stone Studios – Maidstone Film Festival – Screening of Scanography#2 – 14-20/11/12


51: Zero Voyager – Screenings in Maidstone 19 – 20/10/12 in Medway 16-17-18-19 including talks and live demonstrations of work

Malcfest – Film bus – 08/09/2012 – Screening Film/ Short talk about film Augmented Land (Scanography#1)
Fine Art Media degree show 14/06/2012 – 18/06/2012
Showcasing video installation – Scanography#2

Modern Art Oxford – An unfinished world 15/02/2012
Film Augmented Land (Scanography#1) requested for screening as part of the “An Unfinished World” series curated by Connor Kelly

Filmography:


Transdigital Vol. 3 – 2015

Methods and Structures – 2014

Only Geometry Here – Video installation for McLaren Wall to Wall – Montreal – 2014

Transdigital Vol. 2 – 2014

Transdigital Vol. 1 – 2013 
Scanography#4.1 – 2013
Homage to 77 States of Decay – 2013


Skin//Sky (Scanography#3) – 2012

Scanography#2 – 2012 
Augmented Land (Scanography#1) – 2012

Inner Space – 2011

Journey Anonymous – 2011

Sea Whisperers – Video Installation for Turner Contemporary – 2011