Dan Hopkins

About

Media and Film Production Educator with over 20 years’ experience teaching production to students of all levels. My work in universities has been about bringing the student production work and experience as close as possible to the industry they wish to go into, connecting education and the film and media industry.

I am very lucky to have made a career in the arts, film and education and like to help others do the same.

Career overview

In parallel to my career in education, I have made:

• Documentary and experimental films for gallery exhibition and film festivals
• Music videos and live visuals for music
• Music for a variety of record labels
• Sound Design and Music for films, TV and exhibitions

I have also:

• Been involved with over a dozen arts collectives
• Promoted music gigs and ran film festivals

My expertise is in Film, Media and Arts Education, Sound Design for Filmmaking, Film Festival Strategy, Experimental Filmmaking and Film and Media Career Planning.

My creative work can be seen on my website and also on a variety of social media platforms.

Research

Filmmaking, Media and Arts Education, Sound Design for Filmmaking, Film Festival Strategy, Experimental Filmmaking and Film and Media Career Planning, Entertainment Industry and Award Ceremonies.

Happy to speak to press about my interests.

External activities

• Director of Coventry Phoenix Film Festival
• Member of NAHEMI
• Education Member of Guild of Television Camera Professionals

Publications and press

Selected work

• YouTube channel: @landcrash300
• Personal website: www.landcrash.co.uk

Selected Film Releases

• ‘Rolling Forward. The Evolution of Three Spires Bowling Club’, Short Documentary 13 Mins, 2026
• ‘Movement’ Film Series 1 to 6, Six experimental short films shown at Film Festivals Internationally from 2009 to 2020
• ‘Them & Us’ Short Experimental Film made as part of Battle Lines Exhibition, Funded by ACE, Airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent
• ‘Power’ Short Experimental Film, Funded by ACE, A-N Newsletter, ‘biomimicry’ exhibition, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
• 4 Music Videos for the Artist ‘Maps & Diagrams, 2 album releases ‘The Town Beneath The Sea’ and ‘Lights Will Call On You’ both released on Nomadic Kids Republic
• ‘The Future is Blinding’ Music Video for Epic 45 for Japanese DVD Release
• ‘Nice Car’ Music Video for Herzoga,  Released on We Like Danger Records
• ‘Flying’ Music video created for The Telescopes’ Released on Double Agent Records
• ‘Cultural Mapping’ Public Art Leicester. 4 films and a DVD for Leicester City Council ACE funded. In collaboration with Axis Graphic Design. ISBN 0-9544504-2-6
• 15 stings for Channel 4's 4later evening slot called 'Do Not Sleep' Produced by Presentable Productions
• ‘Driven’ Short Film (Tumble Hill Productions) for Channel 4/British Screen/Arts Council of Wales

Selected Press Article contributions (Online)

• I’m a James Bond expert — here’s why Aaron Taylor Johnson won’t be 007 Express Online
• Denis Villeneuve once said he'd 'deeply love' to make a James Bond movie. Amazon just hired him — and 007 fans seem to approve Business Insider
• The Business of Gold: Industry Insights Ahead of the Oscars Ikon London Magazine

Appearances on Radio

• Oscar Talk: Do audiences still value awards in film and tv? Interviewed for Capital FM, BBC World, BBC CWR
• Coventry Phoenix Film Festival: Guest Spot for BBC CWR

Selected Music Releases

• ‘Decay Part One’ LP release on noground-r Records
• ‘Fixated By Water’ EP release on noground-r Records
• Infinite/Journeys/Travels/Stories LP on Futuresequence
• ‘Sunrise/Dark’ EP on Rural Colours
• ‘The silhouette that the leaves make against the sky’ EP released on Feedback Loop
• ‘Homes’ released on noground-r Records
• ‘Unanswered Questions’ release on Split Femur Recordings

Exhibitions/Screenings/Performances/Events (Selected)

• Coventry Phoenix Film Festival 2021-2026 Ongoing Co-Director
• Open Projections 2019: Projection mapping event guest curator. Coventry Cathedral
• Member of Black Hole Club Network 2017-2019 , Vivid Projects, Birmingham
• ‘Dust Rising’ Exhibition, 2018, Sound Installation, Victoria Hall, Hanley, Stoke on Trent
• ‘we don’t talk anymore 2’ 2018 Exhibition, Experimental Sound Performance, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham
• Treeline, Funded by ACE, A-N Newsletter, ‘biomimicry’ exhibition, 2018 Vivid Projects, Birmingham, UK
• Sound Performance as ‘Landcrash’, 2017 Centrala Arts Space, Birmingham, UK
• Them & Us Short Film shown at Suburbinale International Film Festival 2017, Vienna, Austria. Another Way Film Festival, Madrid, Spain. 2017 (In Competition) Underground FilmFest, 2017  Various Touring, Munich, Germany. Reykjavîk Iceland
• 2015 ‘Battle Lines’ curated exhibition at Airspace Gallery, Stoke on Trent
• 2014: Movement# 4 Short Film Shown at Film Winter, Stuttgart, Germany, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece. Portland Underground Film Festival. USA, Leiden Short Film Experience. Netherlands, Australian Experimental Film Festival
• 2012: ‘Circa’ Short Film shown at Visoneca Experimental Film Festival, Isle of Wight, UK. 17 Days exhibition Atrium Gallery, Richmond Center for Visual Arts at Western Michigan University, USA
• 2011: Station Stories Live story telling project in Manchester Piccadilly Train Station, Commissioned as Sound Artist. ACE Funded as part of Manchester Literature Festival
• 2011:  Movement#2 Short Film shown at moves 11 - International Festival of Movement on Screen, Liverpool, UK, Australian International Experimental Film Festival, AUS
• 2010: Movement#1 Short Film shown at Basement Media Festival, Boston, USA. Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece. Gaza's International Festival for Video Art 2010, Gaza. April Screening, VIP Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia. Moves10, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK. Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK. Australian International Experimental Film Festival. Galeria Interdyscyplinarna. Mikro_makro festival, Poland. Tirana International Film Festival, Albania. Namur Short Film Festival, Belgium
• 2010: Movement#1 Short Film Supported by the British Council for Distribution.  Screening of various films on Souvenirs from Earth TV Channel. Germany/France
• 2009: Live Music Performance at Futuresonic Festival, Manchester, UK
• 2008: Selected Films shown at Gallery FotoGrafic Prague, PLAN 9 Festival. Czech Republic
• 2007: ‘Fields that speak’ Short Film shown at Port Elliot Literature Festival. UK
• 2007: ‘Fields that speak’ Short Film shown  as part of virtual residency exhibition at Handwerkergasse, Weltkulturerbe Völklinger Hütte, Europäisches Zentrum für Kunst und Industriekultur, Völklingen, Germany
• 2007: Live Music Performance at Futuresonic Festival Manchester, UK
• 2006: Live video and music as No Ground Processes and HL at The Arctic Circle, Notting Hill Arts Club, London, UK
• 2005: ‘A449/19 (Work in Progress)’ Short Film shown at 7th International Multimedia Art Festival IMAF 2005, Serbia
• 2005: Film Performance at Q-Arts Gallery Derby, with the group ‘the telescopes’ As Part of Trigger 01 Event
• 2005: Short film work ‘daddy’s girl mamma’s boy’ shown as part of the trampoline Nottingham - Berlin live link event
• 2004: Selected Films shown at Ignition 2004, Live Art Event. Penzance, Cornwall, UK.
• 2004: Live Music Performance at Seven-Inch Cinema, Birmingham, UK
• 2004: Live Music Performance with Greg Davis at the Talbot Hotel, Stoke on Trent. UK
• 2003: Live Music Performance with Schneider TM, at The Sugarmill, Stoke on Trent, UK
• 2003: A449/19 (Work in Progress), Video Installation, Fuel Exhibition. The Engine Room, Bridgewater, Somerset, UK
• 2003: Live Music Performance with Keith Fullerton Whitman, At The Talbot Hotel, Stoke on Trent. UK
• 2003: ‘Plastic Decay’, Short Film Shown at 4x4 Event at 291 Gallery, London