Writer, Director, Cinematographer

Chris Dapkins

Writer, Director, Cinematographer



I’m a writer, teacher, and filmmaker based in LA.

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DIRECTING

2011 - The Swell Season - Tribeca FF
2005 - A Weak Signal - Tribeca FF


CINEMATOGRAPHY

2019 - Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project   Tribeca FF
2018 - The Raven and the Seagull  – CPH:DOX FF
2017 - Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood – Toronto FF
2016 - Enlighten Us – CNN Films/Tribeca FF
2016 - Citizen Jane: Battle for the City – Toronto FF
2016 - A Woman, a Part Rotterdam FF
2013 - Memphis – Sundance FF
2012 - Pavilion  – SXSW Film FF
2012 - Birders: The Central Park Effect – HBO/SXSW FF
2011 - The Swell Season Tribeca FF
2009 - Knife Point – Sundance FF


APPOINTMENTS

2023 -Visiting Professor - RISD - Providence, RI.
2018-2023 – lecture/workshop- RISD – Providence, RI.
2015 – lecture/workshop - The New School – New York City, NY.
2012 – lecture - Hunter College - New York City, N.Y.


25 New Faces – Filmmaker Magazine, 2012


EDUCATION

2008 – MFA, Integrated Media, Hunter College – New York City, NY.  
2005 – Tribeca/Marrakech Filmmaker Exchange - Tribeca Film Institute -  Marrakech, Morocco.  Two-week master class with Abbas Kiarostami.
2001 – BA, Film, Bard College – Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.  Jerome Hill Excellence in Cinema Prize.