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. Indiewire wrote, “Distant Constellation is one of the more exciting achievements in nonfiction cinema in recent memory."[2] She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Film in 2015 and is the recipient of a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship. In December 2018, she received the Best Cinematography Award from the International Documentary Association.
Biography
editMizrahi grew up in Boston, Massachusetts.[3] She received her undergraduate education in cognitive neuroscience and English literature from the University of Pennsylvania.[4] She graduated in fine arts from the film school at the New York University.[3]
Awards
editViennale (Vienna International Film Festival) - FIPRESCI PRIZE
edit- Won: International Critics Prize Distant Constellation, 2017[5]
Seville Film Festival 2017
edit- Won: New Waves Non-fiction Award Distant Constellation, 2017[6]
The 22nd annual Truer Than Fiction Award
edit- Nominated: 22nd Jeep Truer Than Fiction Award Distant Constellation, 2018[7]
Guggenheim Foundation 2018 Fellow
edit- Won: Guggenheim Foundation 2018 Fellowship under CREATIVE ARTS (Film-video) [8]
Best Picture Prize at Jeonju International Film Festival
edit- Won: Best Picture Prize at Jeonju International Film Festival 2018 [9]
Locarno Festival 2017 Won
edit- Won: Jury's Special Mention Award, 2017
Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
edit- Won: Best Documentary Prize at the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival.[10]
Some other awards that she won are:
- International Documentary Association Awards, Best Cinematography Award
- International Documentary Association Awards, Best Editing Nominee
- Cinema Eye Honors, Best Debut Film Nominee
- Cinema Eye Honors, Best Cinematography Nominee
- London Film Festival, Best Documentary Nominee
- Tacoma Film Festival, Best Documentary Award
- DokuFest, Best Film Award
- Message to Man, Best Debut Award
- Message to Man, International Federation of Film Societies Prize
- Yerevan Golden Apricot Film Festival, Best Documentary Award
Filmography
edit- Myanmar Hotel (2009)
- Distant Constellation (2017)
References
edit- ^ "Locarno winners include Chinese doc 'Mrs. Fang', Isabelle Huppert". Screen. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
- ^ "'Distant Constellation': A Cinematic Chamber of Memories Created By One Woman and an Inexpensive Camera". Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ^ a b Rizov, Vadim. "Shevaun Mizrahi | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "Shevaun Mizrahi". pardo.ch. Retrieved 2017-10-04.
- ^ "VIENNALE 2017 PRIZE WINNERS | Viennale". www.viennale.at. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ "SEFF'17 - Palmarés 2017". festivalcinesevilla.eu. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ "Best Feature - Independent Spirit Awards: 'Call Me by Your Name' Leads With 6 Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ "Guggenheim Foundation Announces 2018 Fellows". Art Forum. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Jeonju Festival Prize Recipients". Variety(Sonia Kil). Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ "THE WINNERS OF 15TH GOLDEN APRICOT YEREVAN IFF". Retrieved 2018-07-16.