Cooper Battersby
Directing
Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke have been working collaboratively since June 1994. Their work has been broadcast and exhibited around the world. Duke and Battersby are currently teaching at Syracuse University in Central New York. In 2010 they were shortlisted for the Sobey Art Award. Their work is distributed by Video Data Bank in Chicago, Argos in Brussels, V-Tape in Toronto and Video Out in Vancouver. In 2012, a book about their work, titled The Beauty is Relentless, was published by Coach House Press. In the fall of 2015, Duke’s book The Illuminations, a collaboration with Shary Boyle, was published by Oakville Galleries.
Behind the camera
2021The Infernal Grove
Director
2019You Were an Amazement on the Day You Were Born
Director
2019You Are an Amazement
Director
2015Dear Lorde
Director & Screenplay
2013Here Is Everything
Director
2011Lesser Apes
Director
2009Beauty Plus Pity
Director
2006Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure
Director
2003Curious About Existence
Director
2001Bad Ideas for Paradise
Director
2001Being F***ed Up
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