Daniel Landin

British cinematographer

Daniel Landin BSC, is a British cinematographer, and a member of the British Society of Cinematographers.

Landin started working with super 8 and VHS video in 1978, collaborating with the industrial music group Throbbing Gristle, documenting live performances and art events. In 1979, he formed the experimental militant classicist group ‘Last Few Days’ with Simon Joyce and Keir Fraser, a highly conceptual collective whose primary aim was live performance in unconventional venues (chapels, cinemas, burger bars, silos, tunnels etc.). Recording was a secondary priority and was mainly live, apart from the ‘Polavision’ soundtrack produced by Cabaret Voltaire at their Western Works in Sheffield 1982. As the performances became more ambitious, visual imagery became intrinsic to the events, and working on super 8 and 16mm, Landin created films which were projected during performances. Confrontational events were staged at which synchronised films which were simultaneously projected onto multiple screens to accompany challenging and provocative live music. This work continued and lead to performing with William Burroughs and Brion Gysin at The Final Academy (Brixton Ritzy 1982). Further collaborations led to ‘The Occupied Europe Tour’, a collaboration between Last Few Days and Yugoslavia’s Laibach in 1983. (11 countries in Eastern and Western Europe). This experience of working extensively in the Socialist Bloc, and the study of Hungarian Language subsequently led to a commission co writing The Rough Guide to Eastern Europe, (Routledge and Keegan Paul 1985) which was the first guide for the independent traveler in what was then a relatively unknown and misunderstood region. Returning to the UK in 1985, Landin studied Fine Art Film and Video at St Martins School of Art, whilst working as a camera assistant and film extra (including a 3 month stretch in Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket). After graduating, Landin directed several short films, including ‘A Broken Spine’, ‘Ring of Fire’ (with Kate Cragg), ‘Thou Pluckest Me Out Screaming’ and ‘The Child and the Saw’ (with Richard Heslop) (1st Prize ‘Golden Dancer’ Huesca Film Festival 1987), exhibiting at numerous festivals including Berlin Film Festival (Panorama)1986,1989,1990, Edinburgh and London. In 1986 Landin directed the film Procar in collaboration with Heslop and Herbert Verhey for live performances in Amsterdam with the Car Ensemble of the Netherlands. The film Procar later appeared in the programme of the Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 1987 with a remastered audio recording of the Car Ensemble as soundtrack. In 1986 Landin directed the short film for Laibach's Drzava, a filmed performance of Laibach and Michael Clark at Saddlers Wells, London, based on Clark's No Fire Escape In Hell. In 1994 he was commissioned to make ‘Laibach, A Film From Slovenia’ dir Daniel Landin & Peter Vezjak, Chris Bohn. This documentary researched and illustrated the complex polemic of Laibach, and pivoted around the radical philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Landin began working as a cinematographer in 1991, initially shooting short films and music videos (The Verve, Oasis, Blur, Pulp, Massive Attack, Björk, Franz Ferdinand, Rolling Stones, P. J. Harvey, David Bowie, Madonna Cher, etc. ), and many TV and cinema commercials (Stella Artois, Armani, Sony, BMW, Guinness, Nintendo, Levis, Wrangler, PlayStation, Nike etc.). Following a commission as DoP for Alexander McQueen on his only directing venture (‘Alarm Call’ Björk 1996), Landin worked in a highly collaborative role with Alexander McQueen as Lighting Designer, working on virtually all of McQueen's highly conceptual Fashion Shows in London, Paris and New York unit 2009. Using cinema in live events has continued to be an important interest, and in 2012 Landin collaborated with Danny Boyle on the “Isles of Wonder” London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony shooting staged components for projection and simultaneous broadcast.

Year Title Director1998 The Loved Nichola Bruce2001 Baby W. I. Z.2002 Shell Kate Cragg2005 Starry Night Ben Miller 2011 The Organ Grinder's Monkey Dinos Chapman 2013 Kismet Diner Mark Nunneley2016We're the SuperhumansDougal Wilson

Year Title Director Notes1986"Država"HimselfVideoclip for Laibach1987"Life is Life""Geburt Einer Nation"1993 Devotional Anton Corbijn Videoclip for Depeche ModePaul Is LiveAubrey PowellVideoclip for Paul McCartney1995"Loose"W. I. Z. Videoclip for Therapy?1996 "The 13th" Sophie Muller Videoclip for The Cure"Marblehead Johnson"Dom and NicVideoclip for The Bluetones "Possibly Maybe" Stéphane Sednaoui Videoclip for Björk "Milk" Videoclip for Garbage1997"She Makes My Nose Bleed"John HillcoatVideoclip for Mansun"Taxloss"Roman Coppola"Spin Spin Sugar"Toby TremlettVideoclip for Sneaker Pimps"Bitter Sweet Symphony"Walter SternVideoclip for The Verve"I'm Afraid of Americans"Dom and NicVideoclip for David Bowie Live in the Tragic Kingdom Sophie Muller Videoclip for No Doubt "No Surprises" Grant Gee Videoclip for Radiohead1998"Teardrop"Walter SternVideoclip for Massive Attack"Ava Adore"Dom and NicVideoclip for The Smashing Pumpkins"The Flipside"Hammer & TongsVideoclip for Moloko "Hunter" Paul White Videoclip for Björk "Alarm Call" Alexander McQueen"Believe"Nigel DickVideoclip for Cher1999 "When I Grow Up" Sophie Muller Videoclip for Garbage"She's the One"Dom and NicVideoclip for Robbie Williams"It's Only Us"Simon Hilton2001 "Hidden Place" Inez and Vinoodh Videoclip for Björk2002"The Test" Dom and Nic Videoclip for The Chemical Brothers2003"Butterfly Caught"Daniel LéviVideoclip for Massive Attack2004"Caught in a Moment"Howard GreenhalghVideoclip for Sugababes2005"Refugees"AlexandLianeVideoclip for The Tears"Walk Away"Scott LyonVideoclip for Franz Ferdinand2006"Music Is Power"John HillcoatVideoclip for Richard Ashcroft"Valerie"Scott LyonVideoclip for The Zutons"Me Plus One"Videoclip for Kasabian2008"4 Minutes"Jonas & FrançoisVideoclip for Madonna2009"Falling Down"W. I. Z. Videoclip for Oasis2010 "Follow Me Down" Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones Videoclip for UnkleNominated Camerimage Best Cinematography in a Music Video2013"Young and Beautiful"Sophie Muller and Chris SweeneyVideoclip for Lana Del Rey"Supersoaker"W. I. Z. Videoclip for Kings of Leon"Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat"Mark WaitesVideoclip for Fatboy Slim2014"Only Love Can Hurt Like This"Paul GoreVideoclip for Paloma Faith"Trouble with My Baby"2015"Like a River"W. I. Z. Videoclip for Will Young