Daniel Clarke
Work bio
Daniel came to Hong Kong in 1994 as a Post Production specialist. Always eclectic he’s edited documentaries, tv shows and commercials with a side order of animation, graphics and viral videos.
From Virtual Reality to the Internet of Things, Daniel knows how to keep the audience at the core of the story. By following his bliss into the latest tech nerdery, he has the skills and the enthusiasm to synthesise whole new art forms out of raw geekiness and blu-tack
When Daniel isn’t up to his elbows in pixels and code you’ll find him drawing the old fashioned way, on paper or listening to podcasts across the hills of Lamma Island with his dogs.
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Born in the UK in 1971. Emigrated to NZ aged 10. Moved to Hong Kong in 1994. Moved to Lamma Island 2001. UK and NZ dual citizenship
Started drawing seriously in High School
Weekly Comic Strip “Ralph the Amoeba” for Craccum, the Auckland University student newspaper.
South Seas Film & Television School graduated 1993 in video editing, directing and scriptwriting.
HK Arts and Theatre Scene
Improv Theatre: Comic Cuts, HK Cabaret Co.
Play: Television Satellites, writer and performer, HK Cabaret Co
Play: Taming of the Shrew: Benedick, HK Youth Arts Festival
Play: Womberang, Dr Riley,
Founder member of the Hong Kong Unicycle Society: Competitor in the World Unicycle Championships, Beijing 2000. Also designed the T-shirt for the Australian Team.
Exhibitions
Group Exhibition: Life After Work, life drawing exhibition at John Batten Gallery
Solo Exhibition: Drawing Every Day, Banyan Bay, Dec 2017
Group Exhibition: Lamma Arts Collective, Opening Exhibition, Dec 2018
Group Exhibition: Lamma Arts Collective, Life Drawing, Feb 2019
Interactive DVD Magazine: MomentEye, Producer + Editor, 3 issues
Video and Media Professional
HK Samaritans: The Suicide Question – Director
Asia Sport: Award winning weekly broadcast show, Editor
National Geographic Channel: Inside The Emperor’s Treasure – Editor
Documentaries, Commercials and Brand Films for Shangri La, HSBC, Cathay Pacific, Swire,
Virtual Reality: 360 video for Kerry Hotel – Director and producer
Animation design and Interactive design for L’Oreal and Bank of Singapore
24 Hour Comics Day – Hong Kong Organiser, 2019
Nanowrimo Novelist – Completed twice
Experience
HK Arts and Theatre Scene
Improv Theatre: Comic Cuts, HK Cabaret Co.
Play: Television Satellites, writer and performer, HK Cabaret Co
Play: Taming of the Shrew: Benedick, HK Youth Arts Festival
Play: Womberang, Dr Riley,
Founder member of the Hong Kong Unicycle Society: Competitor in the World Unicycle Championships, Beijing 2000. Also designed the T-shirt for the Australian Team.
Exhibitions
Group Exhibition: Life After Work, life drawing exhibition at John Batten Gallery
Solo Exhibition: Drawing Every Day, Banyan Bay, Dec 2017
Group Exhibition: Lamma Arts Collective, Opening Exhibition, Dec 2018
Group Exhibition: Lamma Arts Collective, Life Drawing, Feb 2019
Interactive DVD Magazine: MomentEye, Producer + Editor, 3 issues
Video and Media Professional
HK Samaritans: The Suicide Question – Director
Asia Sport: Award winning weekly broadcast show, Editor
National Geographic Channel: Inside The Emperor’s Treasure – Editor
Documentaries, Commercials and Brand Films for Shangri La, HSBC, Cathay Pacific, Swire,
Virtual Reality: 360 video for Kerry Hotel – Director and producer
Animation design and Interactive design for L’Oreal and Bank of Singapore
24 Hour Comics Day – Hong Kong Organiser, 2019
Nanowrimo Novelist – Completed twice