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David Bickerstaff(II)

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Based on Mario Petrucci's award-winning book-length poem for Chernobyl, this film tells the story of the people who dealt with the world's worst nuclear disaster at ground level: the fire-fighters, the soldiers, the 'liquidators' and their families.
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Half Life: A Journey to Chernobyl (2006)
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After leaving Art College in 1979, David Bickerstaff continued his artist practice while working as a professional actor on many Theatre, film and TV programs until moving to the United Kingdom (1988), to continue his career. David created Atomictv in 1989 as an umbrella organisation for developing time based media projects and he began to experiment with interactive and electronic media.

David's documentary work and video installations such as Narrenturm(2010), Hygieia (2011), Heavy Water: a film for Chernobyl (2007), and Making War Horse (2009), have been broadcast in Britain and shown in many international festivals,with recent screenings at the Wellcome Collection, Onedotzero, Tate Modern and the documentary fortnight at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). He was a member of the BAFTA judging panel for Interactive Art (2004), and has been a Creative Director at Newangle Productions since 1997, a commercial partnership that produces video installations and interactives for visitor attractions. Recent clients including the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Historic Royal Palaces, Museum of London, the Royal Observatory, and Cadbury World. He has won various awards for his projects including an Insight Award for Excellence from the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists in the US (2007).
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Altenberg: The Little Pocket Mirror
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The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (2016)
The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
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Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (2016)
Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
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  • 2016
Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing (2015)
Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing
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  • 2015

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  • Exhibition On Screen: Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (2022)
    Exhibition On Screen: Pissarro: Father of Impressionism
  • Exhibition on Screen: Sunflowers (2021)
    Exhibition on Screen: Sunflowers
  • Great Art (2016)
    Great Art
  • Exhibition on Screen: Lucian Freud - A Self Portrait 2020 (2020)
    Exhibition on Screen: Lucian Freud - A Self Portrait 2020
  • Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh & Japan (2019)
    Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh & Japan
  • Exhibition on Screen: Degas - Passion For Perfection (2018)
    Exhibition on Screen: Degas - Passion For Perfection
  • Exhibition on Screen: Canaletto & the Art of Venice (2017)
    Exhibition on Screen: Canaletto & the Art of Venice
  • Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo Love and Death (2017)
    Exhibition on Screen: Michelangelo Love and Death
  • The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (2016)
    The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
  • Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (2016)
    Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
  • Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (2015)
    Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood
  • Vincent Van Gogh - A New Way Of Seeing (2015)
    Vincent Van Gogh - A New Way Of Seeing
  • Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing (2015)
    Vincent van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis (2015)
    Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
  • Altenberg: The Little Pocket Mirror

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  • The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (2016)
    The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
  • Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (2016)
    Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
  • Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (2015)
    Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood
  • Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis (2015)
    Girl with a Pearl Earring: And Other Treasures from the Mauritshuis
  • EXHIBITION: Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure (2013)
    EXHIBITION: Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure
  • Altenberg: The Little Pocket Mirror
  • Swallows and Amazons: Bristol Old Vic Sets Sail
  • Making War Horse (2009)
    Making War Horse
  • Half Life: A Journey to Chernobyl (2006)
    Half Life: A Journey to Chernobyl

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  • The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch (2016)
    The Curious World of Hieronymus Bosch
  • Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse (2016)
    Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse
  • Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood (2015)
    Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood
  • Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl (2007)
    Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl

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