Daniel Askill (born 1977) is an Australian filmmaker and artist who uses film, photographs, video installation and sculpture in his work.
[8] In 2001, Askill returned to Sydney and founded multimedia production and design studio Collider with his colleagues Andrew van der Westhuyzen and Sam Zalaiskalns.
It was described by film critic Susan Shineberg in the Sydney Morning Herald as "a breathtaking, burnished triptych, it evokes a surreal, ritualistic world whose characters appear to float free of space and time".
[17] He directed Phoenix's Rally (2007)[18] and Consolation Prizes (2006)[19] Askill was also commissioned to make films for fashion companies like Ksubi,[20] Another Magazine, Dior[21] and Acne.
The works are described as "a meditation on the notion of ritual and how it can be viewed through the eyes of modern culture"[1] and use video installation, photography and sculpture.