Born in Manchester in the 1960's, David Ian Bickley is an award-winning artist, filmmaker and musician with more than 30 years experience working in the fields of the creative arts and media production.
As a producer and director for film and television he was the winner of the BBC Short Film Award; first prize for video at the Sony Film Festival; winner of best documentary / best director at the Fastnet Film Festival and has been the recipient of two film project awards from the Arts Council of Ireland.
He has worked extensively as an independent producer and for the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ as a producer and director in a wide range of genres from studio to magazine and documentary and was a senior producer with RTÉ Cork for six years.
Specialising in arts, music and historical travelogue notable credits include The Man Who Shot Beckett which spearheaded the Beckett 100 season in Ireland, major series Out of the Blue and Tracks and Trails and the four-part international music series The Celtic Songlines presented by Dónal Lunny among many others.
As an film artist he has exhibited his work alongside major artists including Tracey Emin, Mat Collishaw and Ron Arad.
His work has been shown at numerous film and art festivals around the world including at the Gallery of City Museum of Aveiro, Portugal; Haun Tie Art Museum, Beijing, China; Common Ground, International Touring Exhibition; Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps, Jackson Mississippi; Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin; Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork; The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor, England.
As a musician and composer his work has garnered critical praise and he is perhaps best-known as the creative force behind the groundbreaking group Hyper[borea] which pioneered the fusion of
Celtic music with dance idioms in the 1990s winning Dance Act and Album of the Year at the Hot Press Heineken Awards.
He has collaborated with many musical artists throughout his career including Maire Breatnac, Hans Joachim Roedelius, Fergus O'Farrell, James O'leary, Tom Green and Dare Mason.
David Bickley is also an experienced lecturer and educator in film and media production having taught at Griffith College and St John's College, Cork.
He lives in West Cork, Ireland.
Projects
- BETWIXTA unique combination of live action, animation and projected augmented reality. An Irish wake in the 1880's, the living pay homage to the dead, and the veil between the worlds grows thin. A young man, heavy with grief but his mind alight with the voices of old, steps beyond the threshold and into the embrace of the moonlit woods. Here the dead commune in the language of memory and dreams, and the boundaries of time and existence blur. This narrative delves into the philosophical concepts of ex
- WATERBONE — Aisling Roche / David BickleyThis is a unique project fusing elements of craft, visual art, marine science, film and immersive sound design. The aim is to produce a visceral experience that is wholly inclusive to a wide demographic — channelling inner and outer landscapes as connected fragments and creating interstices that allow the viewer inside the core concept at a level anticipated to generate genuine connectivity. “Underground Nuclear Testing: The Leading Cause of Global Warming” Clay Hansen, Authorea. January 12, 20
- Point Nemoin 2015 NASA sent up the Aquarius satellite its mission — to map the salinity of the Earth's oceans something essential for tracking climate change. 3 years later Aquarius was brought down at Point Nemo the furthest part of the Pacific from humanity. In 2023 artists Catherine McDonald and David Ian Bickley made an installation inspired by the mission for the Earth Rising Festival at The Irish Museum of Modern Art
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Projects credited in
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Work history
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Media LecturerSt John's College
Cork, IrelandFull Time
Responsible for teaching the principals of sound and the implementation of these in a location and studio environment. Teaching soundtrack composition, multitracking and audio editing, including synch to picture.
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Producer / Director / EditorAlchemy Electronic Arts
Cork, IrelandFreelance
Responsible for originating, developing and producing independent television programmes for Ireland’s state broadcaster RTÉ. Regularly liaising with the IPU team and the current affairs dept to ensure the best creative solutions are realised, implemented and delivered. Productions include the iconic, “The Man Who Shot Beckett” (which spearheaded the Beckett 100 season in Ireland) and Celtic Songlines with Dónal Lunny
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Skills
- Video Editing
- Video Art
- Electronic Music
- Television Production
- Documentaries
- Final Cut Pro
- Logic Pro
- Ableton 9
- Directing
- Producing
Education
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BA (Hons) Film & Television ProductionWest Surrey College of Art
Farnham, United Kingdom
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Higher National Diploma in EducationGriffith College Cork
- Cork, Ireland
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