Dave McKean is a British illustrator, photographer, director, graphic artist, and comic book author.
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| Birth name | David Jeff McKean |
| Date of Birth | December 29, 1963 (55 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Maidenhead , UK |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
| Genre | comics |
| Site | davemckean.com |
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Career
After a trip to New York in 1986, he met Neil Gaiman , with whom they worked on the graphic novel Violent Cases , released in 1987. In 1988, he worked on the comic strip Black Orchid , as well as the covers for the Hellblazer comics. [1] [2] Beginning in 1989, he created covers for The Sandman comic book by Gaiman, and in the same 1989, he and Grant Morrison worked on Batman 's graphic novel Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth .
Later works include his collaboration with Gaiman on children's books The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (1998) and Wolves in the Walls (2003), as well as children's novels Coraline (2002) and History with a cemetery ”(2008). “Wolves in the Walls” was adapted to the musical, which premiered in Glasgow in 2006. In 2011, McKean worked with Richard Dawkins on the non-fiction book for children, The Magic of Reality.
In January 2005, at the Sundance festival, the premiere of his first film “ Mirror Mask ” [3] , the script for which was written by Neil Gaiman, took place. Prior to that, he participated in the production of several music videos and short films. The release of his second film "Luna" is scheduled for 2014 [4] .
Works
Director
| Year | Russian name | original name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | A week before | The week before | Short film |
| 2002 | N [eon] | Short film | |
| 2005 | Mirror mask | MirrorMask | |
| 2012 | Our gospel | The gospel of us | |
| 2014 | Luna |
Screenwriter
| Year | Russian name | original name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | A week before | The week before | Short film |
| 2002 | N [eon] | Short film | |
| 2005 | Mirror mask | MirrorMask | |
| 2014 | Luna |
Producer
| Year | Russian name | original name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Making a Mirror Mask Movie | The Making of 'MirrorMask' | Video |
Digital Artist
| Year | Russian name | original name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The falconer | Telefilm | |
| 2000 | Nuthouse | Asylum | Short film |
Production Designer
| Year | Russian name | original name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Mirror mask | MirrorMask | |
| 2014 | Luna |
Editor
| Year | Russian name | original name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Our gospel | The gospel of us | |
| 2014 | Luna |
Composer
| Year | Russian name | original name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | N [eon] | Short film | |
| 2012 | Our gospel | The gospel of us |
Notes
- ↑ Irvine, Alex. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. - Dorling Kindersley , 2008. - P. 32–34. - ISBN 0-7566-4122-5 .
- ↑ Irvine, Alex. The Vertigo Encyclopedia. - Dorling Kindersley , 2008. - P. 102–111. - ISBN 0-7566-4122-5 .
- ↑ An Interview with Dave McKean . IGN Movies. Date of treatment September 9, 2011. Archived on August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Toronto: Media Luna Acquires 'Luna' .
Links
- Official site
- Mackin, Dave at the Internet Movie Database
- Official fansite forum and shop
- Official site for children's books with Neil Gaiman (UK publisher)
- Official site for children's books with Neil Gaiman (US publisher)
- Neil Gaiman on Dave McKean
- Dave McKean presented at Lambiek 's Comiclopedia
- Narcolepsy: a Dave McKean Retrospective
- Interview with stripkap
- Interview with The Onion AV Club