A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CREATIVE FORCE, DANIEL ASKILL IS KNOWN FOR HIS WORK AS BOTH A FILMMAKER AND ARTIST, WITH A PORTFOLIO INCLUDING FILM, MUSIC VIDEOS, COMMERCIALS AND VIDEO INSTALLATIONS. HIS WORK, WHICH THE NEW YORK TIMES HAS DESCRIBED AS “VISUALLY STUNNING,” IS NOTED FOR ITS TRANSPORTIVE, MUSIC-DRIVEN, AND EMOTIONAL VISUAL STORYTELLING—AT TIMES DISRUPTIVE AND ALWAYS ARRESTING. HE’S HELMED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS FOR AUDI, DIOR, SMIRNOFF, XBOX AND SONY, AND HIS MUSIC VIDEOS INCLUDE SIA’S INSTANTLY-ICONIC DUO “ELASTIC HEART” AND “CHANDELIER” STARRING MADDIE ZIEGLER—THE LATTER OF WHICH, WITH JUST UNDER TWO BILLION VIEWS, IS ONE OF THE MOST-WATCHED YOUTUBE VIDEOS OF ALL TIME. ASKILL’S WORK HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS INCLUDING THE GRAMMYS, MTV VMAS, LUMIERE AWARDS, CLIO, D&AD & CANNES LIONS. ASKILL, WHO WAS BORN IN AUSTRALIA, NOW SPLITS HIS TIME BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK, WHERE THE CREATIVE COLLECTIVE COLLIDER STUDIO, WHICH HE CO-FOUNDED, IS BASED. IN 2003, ASKILL WROTE AND DIRECTED THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, SURREAL SHORT FILM WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE. EXHIBITED IN VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS, THE FILM WON PRIZES AT FRANCE’S CLERMONT-FERRAND FESTIVAL, MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL, BROOKLYN INTERNATIONAL AND SXSW. THE WORK IS NOTABLE FOR ITS PORTRAYAL OF THE HUMAN BODY, RITUAL AND USE OF VISCERAL SPECIAL EFFECTS.