Gavin DuBois
Directing
Biography
Gavin DuBois is a filmmaker and writer based in Chicago. His short films have played at genre and underground film festivals across North America. In his creative work, Gavin pulls from themes of nature and the human connection between place and self, an artistic preoccupation nurtured by the landscapes of his hometown in the Catskill-Hudson Valley. Now that he’s in Chicago, Gavin draws inspiration from Lake Michigan and the wide midwestern skies.
Known For
A pair of scavengers discover something strange after wandering onto the property of a mysterious technician.
BALL LIGHTNING
A world full of Image Makers erodes the objective power of the kino eye. If everyone can capture a moment on video, one angle implies the existence of infinite possible perspectives. This convergence of distinct representations distills any given moment to an impression, a painting, a memory.
In a network of lines that interlace
A woman reexamines her relationship with an old friend after experiencing visions of a past life.
mycelia
A woman suffering from central sleep apnea searches her dreams for a missing sister.
Rondout Meshing
Juicehead learns the meaning of life from his pal Munnietox and starts hustlin'. | Made for the Fall 2021 Bizzaroland 72hr Film Debacle.
Gold Rush
Chilling in my bedroom, watching Roller Coaster Tycoon lets plays.
Pizza Delivery
Collectively authored cut-for-cut remake of the 1929 film of the same name through the lens of internet-based aesthetics. Drawing a lineage from the experiments of Soviet montage to contemporary trends such as sludge content, desktop documentary, corecore, and database cinema, Man with a Movie Camera (2025) attempts to reinvigorate the popular avant-garde project of a universal cinematic language which was originally developed almost a century ago by Dziga Vertov and The Kinoks.