Commissions have included film, photography, music, dance, painting, drawing, writing and mass participation projects.
New work has been created by artists and creative practitioners including Jane and Louise Wilson, Michael Nyman, Fiona Banner, Bill Bryson,David Almond, Julian Germain, Graham Dolphin, Neville Campbell, Michael Baig-Clifford and Ravi Deepres, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Suky Best, James Edwards, Stephen Gill and Beat Streuli.
Previous Moving Image Commission Awards 2006: Runner by Michael Baig-Clifford and Ravi Deepres Selected by: artist Louise Wilson; Steven Bode, director of Film and Video Umbrella; Brendan Foster, chairman of the BUPA Great North Run; Beth Rowson, curator and manager of the Cultural Programme; Rebecca Shatwell, visual arts officer at Arts Council England.
2007: About Running by Suky Best Selected by: artist Mark Wallinger, Dave Gordon, head of special events at BBC Sport; Brendan Foster; Beth Rowson; Rebecca Shatwell 2008: Run for me by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard Selected by: artist Beat Streuli; Dave Gordon; Brendan Foster; Beth Rowson; Rebecca Shatwell 2009: Parade by Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) Selected by: Amanda Ritson, visual arts officer at Arts Council England; Paul Bonaventura, senior research fellow in fine art studies at the University of Oxford; Beth Rowson, manager of the Cultural Programme 2010: Girl Blue Running Shoe by Claire Leona Apps Selected by: Caroline Smith, arts consultant; Soraya Rodriguez, Director of Zoo Art Fair, Amanda Ritson and Beth Bate, director of Great North Run Culture.
2013: "Tracer" by Melanie Manchot Selected by: Alice Sharp of Invisible Dust; Judith King of Arts and Heritage; artist Matt Stokes; and Beth Bate.