Deco Dawson is the professional name of Darryl Kinaschuk, a Canadian
experimental filmmaker. His vast body of short film work has toured
the world, including the Rotterdam International Film Festival,
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Tampere Film
Festival, Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival, International Short Film
Festival Oberhausen and numerous others across North America,
including 8 world premieres at the Toronto International Film
Festival. Dawson is a two-time winner of the Toronto International
Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film, winning at the 2001
Toronto International Film Festival for film(dzama) and at the 2012
Toronto International Film Festival for Keep a Modest Head, and was a
shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary
for the latter film at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.In his
early career, he was also a regular collaborator with Guy Maddin, with
whom he was credited as editor on The Heart of the World and Dracula:
Pages from a Virgin's Diary serving as associate-co-director on the
latter. In addition, Dawson acted as the co-cinematographer on
Maddin's The Heart of the World, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
and Fancy, Fancy Being Rich and both the editor and co-cinematographer
on the Sparklehorse music video for "It's a Wonderful Life".Dawson
first started working in the theatre at the age of 17 where a few
years later Guy Maddin attended one of his plays entitled "A Silent
Act", a 65-minute silent, physical comedy play created in the style of
the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. In 2016, Dawson
provided projected video elements for the Royal Manitoba Theatre
Centre's production of Chimerica. In addition to his own film
projects, Dawson continues to work semi-regularly in the theatre as a
video projection designer.
experimental filmmaker. His vast body of short film work has toured
the world, including the Rotterdam International Film Festival,
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Tampere Film
Festival, Curtas Vila do Conde Film Festival, International Short Film
Festival Oberhausen and numerous others across North America,
including 8 world premieres at the Toronto International Film
Festival. Dawson is a two-time winner of the Toronto International
Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film, winning at the 2001
Toronto International Film Festival for film(dzama) and at the 2012
Toronto International Film Festival for Keep a Modest Head, and was a
shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary
for the latter film at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.In his
early career, he was also a regular collaborator with Guy Maddin, with
whom he was credited as editor on The Heart of the World and Dracula:
Pages from a Virgin's Diary serving as associate-co-director on the
latter. In addition, Dawson acted as the co-cinematographer on
Maddin's The Heart of the World, Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
and Fancy, Fancy Being Rich and both the editor and co-cinematographer
on the Sparklehorse music video for "It's a Wonderful Life".Dawson
first started working in the theatre at the age of 17 where a few
years later Guy Maddin attended one of his plays entitled "A Silent
Act", a 65-minute silent, physical comedy play created in the style of
the Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. In 2016, Dawson
provided projected video elements for the Royal Manitoba Theatre
Centre's production of Chimerica. In addition to his own film
projects, Dawson continues to work semi-regularly in the theatre as a
video projection designer.
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