About

Dave Canning is a director, writer, author and freelance executive creative director.

His advertising work has won two Emmys, gold in every award show including Cannes, The One Show, D&AD, the ANDYS, and The Clio Awards. The Guardian called his “Climate Name Change” campaign the best climate change campaign in history.

His fiction has been published in The Madison Review, Sterling Clack Clack, Literally Stories, The Festival Review and has been awarded by Writer's Digest and the National Hemingway Prize. He also recently had a collection of short stories published by J. New Books, which is currently for sale.

His films have premiered at Holly Shorts, New York International Film Festival, Julien Dubuque International Film Festival, Middlebury New Filmmakers, and won the award for Best Experimental film at Queens World International Film Festival, and was nominated for both Best New Media and Best Cinematography at New Filmmakers LA.

He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Kasia, and their two daughters, Ripley and Maps.

canning.dm@gmail.com