Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham
Born (1970-10-15) 15 October 1970 (age 54)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, video artist, photographer, music producer
Years active1995–present
Spouse
(m. 2010; div. 2016)
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Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970)[2] is a British video artist and music video director who directed music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and Aphex Twin and Björk. Early in his career he worked as a comic book artist. He has created art installations and directed short movies. In the mid 2000s, Cunningham began doing music production work, and has also designed album artwork for a variety of musicians. Cunningham worked on a never completed movie adaptation of William Gibson's cyberpunk novel Neuromancer.

His style is noted for its use of robotics, body horror and Mickey mousing[3] (syncing action with music).

  1. ^ "Chris Cunningham". Genius.com. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. ^ "I Will Eat Your Soul – The Making of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy". Love-it-loud.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  3. ^ Wyse, Pascal (27 April 2010). "Chris Cunningham". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 October 2024.