DAVID REEVE
WELCOME TO MY CULTURE PORTFOLIO
I am a filmmaker, editor and producer focused on creating compelling short and long-form multimedia content and this portfolio page focuses on my varying cultural outputs across video, print and digital. You can view my full portfolio here, and my photography here. Email: davidreeve44@gmail.com
ART AND culture
I’ve enjoyed working with a number of artists and arts spaces. I’ve created films for clients including Argent, The Royal Academy, V&A, Sothebys, alongside working with the artists themselves. Some of the films are a documentation of an event or exhibition, others are short documentaries. Here’s a small selection of the films I’ve edited and in some cases, filmed.
MUSIC
Okay, so most of these videos are for the band Tindersticks – but I’ve loved every moment of making these films – even filming while ill at Abbey Road. I enjoy the process of making music, and beyond these music videos I’ve also filmed standing in the middle of various orchestras which is really awe inspiring. All of these films are solo efforts, apart from Medicine and A Night So Still which were filmed with Patrick Steel, This Fire of Autumn which was photographed with Luciane Pisani, and Light Mind, which at the end of the day I only filmed Daniel’s performance.
films
Y/our Music immerses itself in the world of Thai music, from traditional music to labour songs and classical pop to urban indie music, spanning different locales and generations. As nine musicians each display their music, the rural or urban environments that influenced their sound are explored. I conceived, co-produced, co-directed and edited this feature documentary that had its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival, it’s North American premiere at SXSW, won best feature at Indie Lisboa and was nominated for the Thailand National Film Association Awards (the Thai equivalent of an Oscar). Rated 8.2 on IMDB.
This meditative, immersive film is a tribute to the astonishing work and achievements of naturalist, inventor and pioneering British filmmaker F. Percy Smith (1880-1945). I made this film with Stuart A. Staples whose band Tindersticks also provided the score. My editing journey also became a period of research as I delved into books, archive material and the BFI National Film Archives where I identified some previously lost F. Percy Smith films, many of which made their way into Minute Bodies. Released by BFI, the film had a solid festival run and was also went on tour with a live music accompaniment.
A short 32min documentary that follows Larry and Janet who are forced out of the family home they occupied for over 30 years on the Heygate Estate in Elephant and Castle, London, to make way for the local authority’s redevelopment plans. I co-produced and co-directed the film which the Guardian described as: “a moving account of one couple’s plight, a social commentary for our times.” The film has amassed nearly 50k views on YouTube, had lots of interesting comments and seemingly had some impact on Southwark’s housing policies. You can view the full film:
Passing Through is an innovative 360-degree film featuring Jamaican-born and UK-based 86-year-old trumpet player Eddie ‘Tan Tan’ Thornton, a former student at Alpha Boys School, now Alpha Institute. Put together under the name of Strange Brothers, the film is a deconstructed documentary which, with the help of ambisonic sound, gives space to allow the viewer to construct their own narrative, based on where they look. The film premiered at the Ritzy Cinema in Brixton, and while you can view it online, it’s best experienced on a VR headset.
village raw
In 2018 we successfully crowdfunded and launched Village Raw – a hyperlocal print magazine exploring the hidden stories in the north London areas of Crouch End, East Finchley, Highgate, Muswell Hill and surrounding areas. Village Raw is edited, written and photographed by journalists and content creators in the community and is available to collect for free from local shops, restaurants, bars, libraries and other community spaces. The magazine was featured in MagCulture and we’ve hosted a number of events over the years. I also made some short films…
where THE leaves fall
I’m hugely proud of Where the Leaves Fall – a magazine dreaming other worlds. We conceived and edited this magazine with the aim of telling stories as close to source as possible – so people telling their own stories if we can. For issue #12 we had Txai Suruí of the Paiter Suruí people guest edit the entire magazine, we hosted beautiful events and the magazine rippled its way into university discourses – even finding a spot in Stanford’s Green Library. However, the magazine is a journal of many voices – of the many people that have come together on its pages and inspired, influenced, shared and protested. We stand in solidarity. We dance with affection. We join you, dreaming other worlds.
