Biography

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.

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Filmography

View A Call to Spy
A Call to Spy

A Call to Spy

2020Film
6.8
View Radium Girls
Radium Girls

Radium Girls

2020Film
6.7
View Travelers' Suite
Travelers' Suite

Travelers' Suite

2026Film0
View If a Tree Falls in a Forest
If a Tree Falls in a Forest

If a Tree Falls in a Forest

2021Film0
View When We Encounter the World
When We Encounter the World

When We Encounter the World

2024Film
6.0
View Treasure Hunt
Treasure Hunt

Treasure Hunt

2022Film0
View Nona
Nona

Nona

2022Film
2.0
View Playdate
Playdate

Playdate

2021Film0