DORIAN TOCKER

FILM / PHOTO
COMMERCIAL

DORIAN TOCKER

FILMMAKER / ARTIST

b. Brooklyn, NY
Lives in Los Angeles, CA

EDUCATION

2017MFA, Directing, American Film Institute, Los Angeles, CA2009BS, Film & Television, Boston University, Boston, MA

SELECTED SCREENINGS & FEATURES

DIRECTOR / PHOTOGRAPHER2026Booooooom, Online
Broad Magazine, Online
Collater.al Magazine, Online
aCinema, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI2025Labocine Pick of the Day, Online
Beyond the Short, Online
Ghent International Short Film Festival, Ghent, Belgium
Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK
Experimental Forum, Los Angeles, CA2024Booooooom, Online
Broad Magazine, Online
Wonzimer Gallery, Screening followed by Q&A w/ artist EJ Hill, Los Angeles, CA
2022Mostra de Cinema Imprópria, São Miguel, Portugal2021PBS, doubleFEATURE, Television
Playboy, CENTERFOLD Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL 
Playboy x Sevens, The Art of Gender and Sexuality, Online, Curated by Liz Suman, Shantell Martin, Erica Loewy, Itzel Yard, Anne Spalter, Nadya Tolokonnikova2020Paper Magazine, Online2019Paper Magazine, Online
Amazon Prime, Online
Tilde Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia2018Palm Springs International ShortFest, Palm Springs, CA
Mill Valley Film Festival, Mill Valley, CA
Rhode Island International Film Festival, Providence, RI
Ashland Independent Film Festival, Ashland, OR
Short of the Week, Online
Vimeo Featured Narrative & Drama, Online
Omeleto, Online
Outfest Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Oslo/Fusion Film Festival, Oslo, Norway
Amazon Prime, Online2015The Cut, New York Magazine, Online
Huffington Post, Online
OUT Magazine, Online2014MTV, Television
VICE / Noisey, Online
NYLON Magazine, Online
Stereogum, Online2013Boston University Cinematheque, Visiting Artist screening followed by Q&A w/ film critic Gerald Peary, Boston, MA2012NewFilmmakers New York, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Northside Festival, Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn, NY
EDITOR2025Vogue, Online
Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA2024AdAge, Online
Eyecandy, Online2023The Criterion Channel, Online2017Nowness, Online
Manchester Film Festival, Manchester, United Kingdom2015SXSW, Austin, TX
Indiewire, Online2014Slamdance, Park City, UT
IFC Center, New York, NY
Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL
Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Vimeo Staff Picks, Online
Nowness, Online
Filmmaker Magazine, Online2013Vimeo Staff Picks, Online
Short of the Week, Online
NoBudge, Online2010Vimeo Staff Picks, Online

SELECTED WORK

FILMS & PHOTOGRAPHY2027Land Sick
Post-production
Director / Writer / Producer / Photography / Editor
Fiction2026The cut is starting to scab
Photographs
16 Images 2025Living in a Miracle
2m
Director / Co-editor
Experimental / DocumentaryTHE EDGE: METHOD 001
20m
Co-designer / Editor
3-channel Installation
In collaboration with Chester Vincent Toye2024(cries happily)
19m
Director / Co-writer / Editor
Fiction / Documentary
In collaboration with Chester Vincent ToyeI’m good, how are u?
Photographs
12 Diptychs how long does an echo last
8m
Director / Editor
Experimental / Documentary2018The Day That
26m
Director / Writer
Fiction2012Everyday Saturday
87m
Director / Writer / Editor
Fiction
COMMERCIAL A24, Coach, Riot Games, VICE, Sphere, Microsoft, Teen Vogue, Dunkin’
PUBLICATIONS2023-2026Thoughts on Filmmaking
Writer
Weekly series2021Our House Burned Down in a Fire
Writer / Designer
Limited edition book
44 pages2018Body
Writer
Micro-stories series
Divine Magazine, Issue 003: Men

SELECTED PRESS

2026“Tocker doesn’t photograph loss, he photographs what remains around it once time has already begun its work of imperfect mending.” Collater.al Magazine2024“In the spirit of photographers like Stephen Shore.” Booooooom2019“Dorian Tocker’s ‘The Day That’ tops the list of Best Shorts.” Beyond Chron2018“An extremely compelling depiction of the rippling emotional effect of loss.” Short of the Week2012“Bold and chilling…Mission accomplished.” IndiePix

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