Oliver Hockenhull multifaceted career encompasses roles as a filmmaker, a media and digital artist, writer, communication theorist, and educator. His early films were in glorious 16mm.

Hockenhull's work is known for its baroque analysis, sudden poetics, humour, visual play - earning recognition at various prominent venues and festivals globally. Among these are the MoMA in New York, the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam, and the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB).

His films, such as "Determinations," "Aldous Huxley: The Gravity of Light," and "Building Heaven, Remembering Earth" exemplify his essayistic approach to documentary filmmaking. He also has a keen interest in animation, evident in works like "Hand Made Electricity" and "Robot Pavlov Sputnik."

He has shared his knowledge and expertise at institutions like the University of British Columbia, S.F.U. and Northwestern University (Evanston, Il., USA), where he taught courses on documentary film, short films, hypermedia, semiotics, and the history of cinema.

He has been involved in new media imaging and authoring technologies since the early days of personal computing and the internet. He has participated in pioneering projects at The Centre for Image and Sound Research in Vancouver and The Banff Centre for the Arts, where he experimented with virtual reality and L-Systems.

Damp: Contemporary Vancouver Media Arts, a critical hardcover book was co-edited and co-designed with Alex MacKenzie and was released by Anvil Press in 2008.

In 2013, he finished two parallel documentary feature films focusing on psychedelic medicine and science. These films have since gained international recognition available for streaming on major platforms.

His work is rooted in philosophical and social exploration, aiming to produce creations that are not only reflective of historical context but also resonate with contemporary relevance and that anticipate future movements.

Nominated for the Joris Ivens Award at the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) 1996, The Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, 2005. Nominated for NFB Documentary Award, VIFF, 1999.  Audience Favorite at the Vancouver International Film Festival, 2013.  Judge Award at the Northwest Film And Video Festival in 2015.