Directing
Cooper Battersby
Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke have been working collaboratively since June 1994. Their work has been broadcast and exhibited around the world. Duke and Battersby are currently teaching at Syracuse University in Central New York. In 2010 they were shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award. Their work is distributed by Video Data Bank in Chicago, Argos in Brussels, V-Tape in Toronto and Video Out in Vancouver. In 2012, a book about their work, titled The Beauty is Relentless, was published by Coach House Press. In the fall of 2015, Duke’s book The Illuminations, a collaboration with Shary Boyle, was published by Oakville Galleries.
Credits
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A Spot for FrogThanks2022
The Infernal GroveDirector2021
You Are an AmazementDirector2019
You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were BornDirector2019
OnikumaThanks2016
Dear LordeDirector2015
Dear LordeScreenplay2015
Here Is EverythingDirector2013
Lesser ApesDirector2011
Beauty Plus PityDirector2009
Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond CureDirector2006
Curious About ExistenceDirector2003- The Fine ArtsDirector2002
Being F***ed Up2001
Bad Ideas for ParadiseDirector2001
Being F***ed UpDirector2001
Three Things My Mother Never Told MePost Production Assistant2000