Zazie Ray-Trapido
Directing
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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Directing6
movieLanguage Decay
2025
Director
movieTreasure Hunt
2022
Director
movieNona
2022
Director
moviePlaydate
2021
Director
Acting8
Production7
movieTropical Fractals
2026
Associate Producer
movieMemoirs Found in a Bathtub
2026
Executive Producer
movieSurvival Without Rent
2025
Producer
movieLanguage Decay
2025
Producer
Forking Paths
Producer
Editing6
movieTropical Fractals
2026
Assistant Editor
movieLanguage Decay
2025
Editor
movieNona
2022
Editor
moviePlaydate
2021
Editor
Camera4
movieHow to Live Together
2025
Second Assistant Camera
movieLanguage Decay
2025
Director of Photography
movieWhen We Encounter the World
2024
Director of Photography
movieThe Instability of Clouds
2024
Director of Photography
Crew3
Art2
movieTropical Fractals
2026
Art Direction
movieBug Diner
2024
Production Design
