Shevaun Mizrahi

Shevaun Mizrahi is a Turkish-American documentary filmmaker. She received a Jury Special Mention Award at the Locarno Film Festival 2017 for her documentary film Distant Constellation[1] among many other awards including the Best Picture Prize at the Jeonju International Film Festival 2018 and the FIPRESCI Critics Prize at the Viennale (Vienna International Film Festival) 2018. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Film in 2015 and is the recipient of a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship.

Biography

Mizrahi grew up in Boston, Massachusetts.[2] She received her undergraduate education in cognitive neuroscience and English literature from the University of Pennsylvania.[3] She graduated in fine arts from the film school at the New York University.[2]

Awards

Viennale (Vienna International Film Festival) - FIPRESCI PRIZE

  • Won: International Critics Prize Distant Constellation, 2017[4]

Seville Film Festival 2017

  • Won: New Waves Non-fiction Award Distant Constellation, 2017[5]

The 22nd annual Truer Than Fiction Award

  • Nominated: 22nd Jeep Truer Than Fiction Award Distant Constellation, 2018[6]

Guggenheim Foundation 2018 Fellow

  • Won: Guggenheim Foundation 2018 Fellowship under CREATIVE ARTS (Film-video) [7]

Best Picture Prize at Jeonju International Film Festival

  • Won: Best Picture Prize at Jeonju International Film Festival 2018 [8]

Locarno Festival 2017 Won:

  • Won: Jury's Special Mention Award, 2017

Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival

  • Won: Best Documentary Prize at the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. [9]

Filmography

  • Myanmar Hotel (2009)

References

  1. ↑ "Locarno winners include Chinese doc 'Mrs. Fang', Isabelle Huppert". Screen. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  2. 1 2 Rizov, Vadim. "Shevaun Mizrahi | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  3. ↑ "Shevaun Mizrahi". pardo.ch. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  4. ↑ "VIENNALE 2017 PRIZE WINNERS | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  5. ↑ "SEFF'17 - Palmarés 2017". festivalcinesevilla.eu. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  6. ↑ "Best Feature - Independent Spirit Awards: 'Call Me by Your Name' Leads With 6 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  7. ↑ "Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2018 Fellows". Art Forum. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  8. ↑ "Jeonju Festival Prize Recipients". Variety(Sonia Kil). Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  9. ↑ "THE WINNERS OF 15TH GOLDEN APRICOT YEREVAN IFF". Retrieved 2018-07-16.
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