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 currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Kasia, and their two daughters, Ripley and Maps.
  • Writer (4 Credits)
    "Limbo"2025
    Music Video
    Bathroom Break 2023
    Short
    How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You2023
    Experimental
    Punch2023
    Music Video, Short
  • Director (4 Credits)
    "Limbo"2025
    Music Video
    Bathroom Break 2023
    Short
    How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You2023
    Experimental
    Punch2023
    Music Video, Short
Official Selection
Bathroom Break
New York Shorts International Film Festival
New York
2024
Official Selection
Bathroom Break
Hollyshorts Film Festival
Los Angeles
2024
Official Selection
How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
Middlebury
2024
Official Selection
How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Dubuque
2024
Official Selection
How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You
New Filmmakers Los Angelos
Los Angelos
2024
Special Jury Prize in Experimental Filmmaking
How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You
Queens World International Film Festival
New York
2024
Daily Pick
Punch
Film Shortage Daily Pick
2023
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