Zazie Ray-Trapido is a filmmaker and producer based in Los Angeles. Her films expand on traditional documentary and narrative formats, engaging with analog film techniques, archives, and performance. Her practice investigates relationships between memory, ideology, and the environment. Her work has been screened at festivals and venues worldwide, including the New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Viennale, RIDM, Kasseler Dokfest, Glasgow Short Film Festival, Curtas Vila do Conde, Oberhausen, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, ICDOCS, and Maysles Documentary Center, among others. She holds a BFA from Bard College and an MFA in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts.
Nona
(Director)
Nona
(Editor)
Nona
(Cinematography)
Playdate
(Sound)
Playdate
(Editor)
Treasure Hunt
(Director)
Treasure Hunt
(Cinematography)
A Slippage in Five Movements
(Gaffer)
When We Encounter the World
(Director)
Playdate
(Director)
Playdate
(Cinematography)
The Instability of Clouds
(Producer)
The Instability of Clouds
(Director)
The Instability of Clouds
(Director of Photography)
The Instability of Clouds
(Editor)
When We Encounter the World
(Editor)
When We Encounter the World
(Producer)
When We Encounter the World
(Sound)
When We Encounter the World
(Director of Photography)
Fractais Tropicais
(Producer)
Language Decay
(Director)
Language Decay
(Producer)
Language Decay
(Editor)
Language Decay
(Director of Photography)
How to Live Together
(Second Assistant Camera)
Survival Without Rent
(Producer)