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Daniel Schmidt

United States

Biography

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA in 1984. He earned his BFA in Film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. His films have screened around the world including premieres at the Venice Biennale, Rotterdam Film Festival and the Berlinale. They have been the recipient of a number of awards including the Golden Pardi di Domani at the Locarno Film Festival. His works have been shown or commissioned for Whitechapel (London), Kunst-Werke (Berlin), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Serralves (Porto), Institute of Contemporary Art (London), and the Biennale of Moving Images at Centre d’Art Contemporain (Geneva).  In 2016, a complete retrospective screening series was dedicated to his and his collaborators’ films at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in NYC. Daniel often works in collaboration with other artists including Alexander Carver, Raul de Nieves, ANOHNI, Gabriel Abrantes, and Susan Cianciolo.

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