Zazie Ray-Trapido
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Zazie Ray-Trapido
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.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
When We Encounter the World
as Voice
(2022)
Nona
as Self
(2022)
Treasure Hunt
as Adventurer #1
(2021)
(2021)
If a Tree Falls in a Forest
as Voice
(2020)
Radium Girls
as Frances
(2020)
A Call to Spy
as Extra
Crew
Fractais Tropicais
Producer
(2025)
Language Decay
Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2024)
When We Encounter the World
Director, Sound, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2024)
The Instability of Clouds
Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(2023)
(2022)
Nona
Director, Cinematography, Editor
(2022)
Treasure Hunt
Cinematography, Director
(2021)
Playdate
Sound, Editor, Director, Cinematography