Dirk de Bruyn

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Dirk de Bruyn

Dirk de Bruyn is Associate Professor of Screen and Design at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia where he teaches Animation and Documentary Animation modules. He has made numerous animations, performance and installation work over the last 40 years. His book "The Performance of Trauma in Moving Image Art" was published in 2014. His recent animations such as "Re-Vue" (2017), "Chanting" (2018), "Recover" (2017) and "Living in the Past" (2018) have been screened internationally. Retrospective programs of his animations have been presented at Melbourne International Animation Festival (2016), Alternativa, Serbia, Punto Y Raya, Karlsruhe Germany (2016) and Cineinfinito in Spain (2019, 2020).

Known for

Highlights

Rote Movie1994 · Film · Director
Experiments1982 · Film · Director
Running1976 · Film · Director
Thought/Action2026 · Film · Director
Retracing Karkarook2025 · Film · Director
Traceless Traces2025 · Film · Director

Filmography

Movies

42 films

Thought/Action2026 · Film · Director
Retracing Karkarook2025 · Film · Director
Traceless Traces2025 · Film · Director
Schists 20232023 · Film · Director
White Bat2021 · Film · Director
Death of Place (annotated)2020 · Film · Director
Chanting2019 · Film · Director
Pattern Recognition2019 · Film · Director
Chant En Couleur2018 · Film · Director
Re-Vue2018 · Film · Director
Recover2017 · Film · Director
Living in the Past2016 · Film · Director
Dissociation2016 · Film · Director
East Meets West2015 · Film · Director
Found Found Found2014 · Film · Director
Empire2014 · Film · Director
The Death of Place2014 · Film · Director
Click If You Like This2012 · Film · Director
Wap2012 · Film · Director
RemmbrMe2007 · Film · Director
2nd Hand Cinema2005 · Film · Director
H22004 · Film · Director
Analog Stress2004 · Film · Director
Traum A Dream2002 · Film · Director
Schist1998 · Film · Director
My Blessings1997 · Film · Projectionist
A X Canada1995 · Film · Director
Rote Movie1994 · Film · Director
Understanding Science1992 · Film · Director
Conversations with my Mother1990 · Film · Director
Knots1990 · Film · Director
Homecomings1987 · Film · Director
Frames1986 · Film · Director
Vision1985 · Film · Director
2231985 · Film · Director
Migraine Particles1984 · Film · Director
Light Play1984 · Film · Director
Experiments1982 · Film · Director
Walk1980 · Film · Director
Feyers1979 · Film · Director
Zoomfilm1976 · Film · Director
Running1976 · Film · Director