Bill Daniel (filmmaker)

Bill Daniel
Black and white image of Bill Daniel in his 20s wearing long-sleeved plaid shirt over striped t-shirt leaning against stoop (out of frame) looking down while cyclist (his brother Lee Daniel) rides by with front tire in air. Base of streetlight in upper right corner of frame. Sidewalk scene in front of 504 W 24th Street, Austin, Texas
Daniel pictured in Austin, Texas, 1982
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Houston, Texas
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
OccupationCinematographer
Notable workWho is Bozo Texino?
RelativesLee Daniel

Bill Daniel (born 1959) is an American experimental documentary film artist, photographer, film editor, and cinematographer. He is also an installation artist, curator, and former zine publisher. His full-length film, Who is Bozo Texino? about the tradition of hobo and railworker boxcar graffiti was completed in 2005 and has screened extensively throughout the United States and Europe.[1] Daniel has collaborated with several artists from the Bay Area Mission School art movement, notably Margaret Kilgallen and has worked on multiple projects with underground director Craig Baldwin.[2] Film/video artist Rankin Renwick of the Oregon Department of Kick Ass has been a frequent touring partner, collaborator and co-curator.[3][4]

In 2008, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for film.[5]

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