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TRISHA ZIFF

Trisha is the founding director of 212BERLIN she is a documentary filmmaker and curator of photography and has worked in the visual arts for over thirty years; running community arts workshops in both photography and film at CAMERAWORK in the East end of London and CAMERAWORK DERRY in the north of Ireland, before moving to Los Angeles and later to Mexico City.

Trisha works independently as a curator, book editor, working with international publishers and in more recent years making documentary films. Trisha is a Guggenheim scholar and recipient of many awards in the USA, England and in Mexico. She has curated at the ICP New York, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Museo de Fotografía Cuatro Caminos, Centro de la Imagen, MUAC, and other museums in Mexico City. The V&A London, Kilmainham Gaol Dublin, and many other international museums.

Her filmography includes: 
Her opera prima was Chevolution (2008) for Netflix and Red Envelope. She produced and directed, The Mexican Suitcase (2011) a Mexican/Spanish coproduction; directed, The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015) which won her first Ariel, for best documentary and numerous other awards. She completed, Pirate Stories, in 2014 filmed in London, Palestine, Dubai and Mexico City a series of shorts on film piracy and  Witkin & Witkin, (2017) a study on the identical twins, photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and his brother painter, Jerome Witkin.

She received NEH development funds for Oaxacalifornia: The Return (2021), revisiting a film she made 25 years ago about Mexican identity in the United States, nominated as best documentary film and best original music at the Ariel awards 2022. In 2019 she received California Humanities support for the film and Sundance Documentary Fund, to her as a filmmaker. Trisha teaches film and media studies and guest lecturing at various universities in the U.S. Mexico and Europe. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards, from the Arts Council in the UK, NEA and NEH, Bertha Fund, California Humanities, Sundance Documentary Fund and FOPROCINE & EFICINE in Mexico. She is a Gulbenkian and Guggenheim scholar. Trisha lives between Los Angeles and Mexico City and has one son, Julio.

Currently she is in distribution of Oaxacalifornia: The Return, which will premiere early in 2022. She is also in production on a very personal project, Gerry Adams: The Battle for History having filmed three time with Gerry Adams with cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey, which she hopes to complete early 2023. She is also developing with Marina Stavenhagen The Frida Gaze; a film that looks at the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo.

Trisha Ziff, guest lectures at universities and colleges in Mexico, Europe and the U.S in film, curatorial studies, and media studies.

TRISHA ZIFF

Trisha is the founding director of 212BERLIN she is a documentary filmmaker and curator of photography and has worked in the visual arts for over thirty years; running community arts workshops in both photography and film at CAMERAWORK in the East end of London and CAMERAWORK DERRY in the north of Ireland, before moving to Los Angeles and later to Mexico City.

Trisha works independently as a curator, book editor, working with international publishers and in more recent years making documentary films. Trisha is a Guggenheim scholar and recipient of many awards in the USA, England and in Mexico. She has curated at the ICP New York, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Museo de Fotografía Cuatro Caminos, Centro de la Imagen, MUAC, and other museums in Mexico City. The V&A London, Kilmainham Gaol Dublin, and many other international museums.

Her filmography includes: 
Her opera prima was Chevolution (2008) for Netflix and Red Envelope. She produced and directed, The Mexican Suitcase (2011) a Mexican/Spanish coproduction; directed, The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015) which won her first Ariel, for best documentary and numerous other awards. She completed, Pirate Stories, in 2014 filmed in London, Palestine, Dubai and Mexico City a series of shorts on film piracy and  Witkin & Witkin, (2017) a study on the identical twins, photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and his brother painter, Jerome Witkin.

She received NEH development funds for Oaxacalifornia: The Return (2021), revisiting a film she made 25 years ago about Mexican identity in the United States, nominated as best documentary film and best original music at the Ariel awards 2022. In 2019 she received California Humanities support for the film and Sundance Documentary Fund, to her as a filmmaker. Trisha teaches film and media studies and guest lecturing at various universities in the U.S. Mexico and Europe. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards, from the Arts Council in the UK, NEA and NEH, Bertha Fund, California Humanities, Sundance Documentary Fund and FOPROCINE & EFICINE in Mexico. She is a Gulbenkian and Guggenheim scholar. Trisha lives between Los Angeles and Mexico City and has one son, Julio.

Currently she is in distribution of Oaxacalifornia: The Return, which will premiere early in 2022. She is also in production on a very personal project, Gerry Adams: The Battle for History having filmed three time with Gerry Adams with cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey, which she hopes to complete early 2023. She is also developing with Marina Stavenhagen The Frida Gaze; a film that looks at the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo.

Trisha Ziff, guest lectures at universities and colleges in Mexico, Europe and the U.S in film, curatorial studies, and media studies.

TRISHA ZIFF

Trisha is the founding director of 212BERLIN she is a documentary filmmaker and curator of photography and has worked in the visual arts for over thirty years; running community arts workshops in both photography and film at CAMERAWORK in the East end of London and CAMERAWORK DERRY in the north of Ireland, before moving to Los Angeles and later to Mexico City.

Trisha works independently as a curator, book editor, working with international publishers and in more recent years making documentary films. Trisha is a Guggenheim scholar and recipient of many awards in the USA, England and in Mexico. She has curated at the ICP New York, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Museo de Fotografía Cuatro Caminos, Centro de la Imagen, MUAC, and other museums in Mexico City. The V&A London, Kilmainham Gaol Dublin, and many other international museums.

Her filmography includes: 
Her opera prima was Chevolution (2008) for Netflix and Red Envelope. She produced and directed, The Mexican Suitcase (2011) a Mexican/Spanish coproduction; directed, The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015) which won her first Ariel, for best documentary and numerous other awards. She completed, Pirate Stories, in 2014 filmed in London, Palestine, Dubai and Mexico City a series of shorts on film piracy and  Witkin & Witkin, (2017) a study on the identical twins, photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and his brother painter, Jerome Witkin.

She received NEH development funds for Oaxacalifornia: The Return (2021), revisiting a film she made 25 years ago about Mexican identity in the United States, nominated as best documentary film and best original music at the Ariel awards 2022. In 2019 she received California Humanities support for the film and Sundance Documentary Fund, to her as a filmmaker. Trisha teaches film and media studies and guest lecturing at various universities in the U.S. Mexico and Europe. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards, from the Arts Council in the UK, NEA and NEH, Bertha Fund, California Humanities, Sundance Documentary Fund and FOPROCINE & EFICINE in Mexico. She is a Gulbenkian and Guggenheim scholar. Trisha lives between Los Angeles and Mexico City and has one son, Julio.

Currently she is in distribution of Oaxacalifornia: The Return, which will premiere early in 2022. She is also in production on a very personal project, Gerry Adams: The Battle for History having filmed three time with Gerry Adams with cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey, which she hopes to complete early 2023. She is also developing with Marina Stavenhagen The Frida Gaze; a film that looks at the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo.

Trisha Ziff, guest lectures at universities and colleges in Mexico, Europe and the U.S in film, curatorial studies, and media studies.

TRISHA ZIFF

Trisha is the founding director of 212BERLIN she is a documentary filmmaker and curator of photography and has worked in the visual arts for over thirty years; running community arts workshops in both photography and film at CAMERAWORK in the East end of London and CAMERAWORK DERRY in the north of Ireland, before moving to Los Angeles and later to Mexico City.

Trisha works independently as a curator, book editor, working with international publishers and in more recent years making documentary films. Trisha is a Guggenheim scholar and recipient of many awards in the USA, England and in Mexico. She has curated at the ICP New York, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Museo de Fotografía Cuatro Caminos, Centro de la Imagen, MUAC, and other museums in Mexico City. The V&A London, Kilmainham Gaol Dublin, and many other international museums.

Her filmography includes: 
Her opera prima was Chevolution (2008) for Netflix and Red Envelope. She produced and directed, The Mexican Suitcase (2011) a Mexican/Spanish coproduction; directed, The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015) which won her first Ariel, for best documentary and numerous other awards. She completed, Pirate Stories, in 2014 filmed in London, Palestine, Dubai and Mexico City a series of shorts on film piracy and  Witkin & Witkin, (2017) a study on the identical twins, photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and his brother painter, Jerome Witkin.

She received NEH development funds for Oaxacalifornia: The Return (2021), revisiting a film she made 25 years ago about Mexican identity in the United States, nominated as best documentary film and best original music at the Ariel awards 2022. In 2019 she received California Humanities support for the film and Sundance Documentary Fund, to her as a filmmaker. Trisha teaches film and media studies and guest lecturing at various universities in the U.S. Mexico and Europe. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards, from the Arts Council in the UK, NEA and NEH, Bertha Fund, California Humanities, Sundance Documentary Fund and FOPROCINE & EFICINE in Mexico. She is a Gulbenkian and Guggenheim scholar. Trisha lives between Los Angeles and Mexico City and has one son, Julio.

Currently she is in distribution of Oaxacalifornia: The Return, which will premiere early in 2022. She is also in production on a very personal project, Gerry Adams: The Battle for History having filmed three time with Gerry Adams with cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey, which she hopes to complete early 2023. She is also developing with Marina Stavenhagen The Frida Gaze; a film that looks at the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo.

Trisha Ziff, guest lectures at universities and colleges in Mexico, Europe and the U.S in film, curatorial studies, and media studies.

TRISHA ZIFF

Trisha is the founding director of 212BERLIN she is a documentary filmmaker and curator of photography and has worked in the visual arts for over thirty years; running community arts workshops in both photography and film at CAMERAWORK in the East end of London and CAMERAWORK DERRY in the north of Ireland, before moving to Los Angeles and later to Mexico City.

Trisha works independently as a curator, book editor, working with international publishers and in more recent years making documentary films. Trisha is a Guggenheim scholar and recipient of many awards in the USA, England and in Mexico. She has curated at the ICP New York, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Museo de Fotografía Cuatro Caminos, Centro de la Imagen, MUAC, and other museums in Mexico City. The V&A London, Kilmainham Gaol Dublin, and many other international museums.

Her filmography includes: 
Her opera prima was Chevolution (2008) for Netflix and Red Envelope. She produced and directed, The Mexican Suitcase (2011) a Mexican/Spanish coproduction; directed, The Man Who Saw Too Much (2015) which won her first Ariel, for best documentary and numerous other awards. She completed, Pirate Stories, in 2014 filmed in London, Palestine, Dubai and Mexico City a series of shorts on film piracy and  Witkin & Witkin, (2017) a study on the identical twins, photographer Joel-Peter Witkin and his brother painter, Jerome Witkin.

She received NEH development funds for Oaxacalifornia: The Return (2021), revisiting a film she made 25 years ago about Mexican identity in the United States, nominated as best documentary film and best original music at the Ariel awards 2022. In 2019 she received California Humanities support for the film and Sundance Documentary Fund, to her as a filmmaker. Trisha teaches film and media studies and guest lecturing at various universities in the U.S. Mexico and Europe. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards, from the Arts Council in the UK, NEA and NEH, Bertha Fund, California Humanities, Sundance Documentary Fund and FOPROCINE & EFICINE in Mexico. She is a Gulbenkian and Guggenheim scholar. Trisha lives between Los Angeles and Mexico City and has one son, Julio.

Currently she is in distribution of Oaxacalifornia: The Return, which will premiere early in 2022. She is also in production on a very personal project, Gerry Adams: The Battle for History having filmed three time with Gerry Adams with cinematographer, Seamus McGarvey, which she hopes to complete early 2023. She is also developing with Marina Stavenhagen The Frida Gaze; a film that looks at the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo.

Trisha Ziff, guest lectures at universities and colleges in Mexico, Europe and the U.S in film, curatorial studies, and media studies.

Andrew Houchens Headshot 2016 copy

ANDREW HOUCHENS

Andrew Houchens is a collaborating producer with 212BERLIN, currently producing Oaxacalifornia: The Return. He is also producer of Rodrigo Reyes' current feature documentary 499, winner of awards at Tribeca, Hot Docs, EIDF Korea, and Camerimage, to be released by Piano and Cinema Guild in 2021. Andrew and Rodrigo's collaboration also includes the short doc Abuelos, to be released by Topic in 2021.

As director, Andrew's award-winning opera prima short Juan de las Brujas premiered at Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2019 and will be released by PBS in 2021. Prior work has been distributed by Criterion Collection and Netflix, and supported by organizations including Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE).

In addition to filmmaking, Andrew consults for Berlinale's European Film Market and Guadalajara's Talent Campus. For various years he worked with IFP and Tribeca Film Institute in New York. Andrew is a Sundance Institute Producing Fellow and proud member of the Documentary Producers Alliance.

 

ANDREW HOUCHENS

Andrew Houchens is a collaborating producer with 212BERLIN, currently producing Oaxacalifornia: The Return. He is also producer of Rodrigo Reyes' current feature documentary 499, winner of awards at Tribeca, Hot Docs, EIDF Korea, and Camerimage, to be released by Piano and Cinema Guild in 2021. Andrew and Rodrigo's collaboration also includes the short doc Abuelos, to be released by Topic in 2021.

As director, Andrew's award-winning opera prima short Juan de las Brujas premiered at Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2019 and will be released by PBS in 2021. Prior work has been distributed by Criterion Collection and Netflix, and supported by organizations including Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE).

In addition to filmmaking, Andrew consults for Berlinale's European Film Market and Guadalajara's Talent Campus. For various years he worked with IFP and Tribeca Film Institute in New York. Andrew is a Sundance Institute Producing Fellow and proud member of the Documentary Producers Alliance.

ANDREW HOUCHENS

Andrew Houchens is a collaborating producer with 212BERLIN, currently producing Oaxacalifornia: The Return. He is also producer of Rodrigo Reyes' current feature documentary 499, winner of awards at Tribeca, Hot Docs, EIDF Korea, and Camerimage, to be released by Piano and Cinema Guild in 2021. Andrew and Rodrigo's collaboration also includes the short doc Abuelos, to be released by Topic in 2021.

As director, Andrew's award-winning opera prima short Juan de las Brujas premiered at Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2019 and will be released by PBS in 2021. Prior work has been distributed by Criterion Collection and Netflix, and supported by organizations including Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE).

In addition to filmmaking, Andrew consults for Berlinale's European Film Market and Guadalajara's Talent Campus. For various years he worked with IFP and Tribeca Film Institute in New York. Andrew is a Sundance Institute Producing Fellow and proud member of the Documentary Producers Alliance.

ANDREW HOUCHENS

Andrew Houchens is a collaborating producer with 212BERLIN, currently producing Oaxacalifornia: The Return. He is also producer of Rodrigo Reyes' current feature documentary 499, winner of awards at Tribeca, Hot Docs, EIDF Korea, and Camerimage, to be released by Piano and Cinema Guild in 2021. Andrew and Rodrigo's collaboration also includes the short doc Abuelos, to be released by Topic in 2021.

As director, Andrew's award-winning opera prima short Juan de las Brujas premiered at Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2019 and will be released by PBS in 2021. Prior work has been distributed by Criterion Collection and Netflix, and supported by organizations including Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE).

In addition to filmmaking, Andrew consults for Berlinale's European Film Market and Guadalajara's Talent Campus. For various years he worked with IFP and Tribeca Film Institute in New York. Andrew is a Sundance Institute Producing Fellow and proud member of the Documentary Producers Alliance.

ANDREW HOUCHENS

Andrew Houchens is a collaborating producer with 212BERLIN, currently producing Oaxacalifornia: The Return. He is also producer of Rodrigo Reyes' current feature documentary 499, winner of awards at Tribeca, Hot Docs, EIDF Korea, and Camerimage, to be released by Piano and Cinema Guild in 2021. Andrew and Rodrigo's collaboration also includes the short doc Abuelos, to be released by Topic in 2021.

As director, Andrew's award-winning opera prima short Juan de las Brujas premiered at Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2019 and will be released by PBS in 2021. Prior work has been distributed by Criterion Collection and Netflix, and supported by organizations including Sundance Institute, Tribeca Film Institute, and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE).

In addition to filmmaking, Andrew consults for Berlinale's European Film Market and Guadalajara's Talent Campus. For various years he worked with IFP and Tribeca Film Institute in New York. Andrew is a Sundance Institute Producing Fellow and proud member of the Documentary Producers Alliance.

Juan Carlos Valdez Dragonné

JUAN CARLOS VALDEZ

He is co-founder of the production company Tygre whose debut feature was the documentary Interior/Exterior, a feature film filmed in Japan whose international premiere was at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival (2011). In 2015 he works for Prowell Media agency, assigned as a cameraman for the accounts, CONADE (National Sports Commission) and SEDESA (Mexico City Ministry of Health), highlighting his coverage of the Mexican Olympic delegation that participated in the Olympic Games of Rio 2016. He was production director in the Tv series 'Mi Lugar' produced by the company Cinema Máquina for Canal Once. Since 2018 he has been an audiovisual consultant for international agencies such as the French Development Agency (AFD), Rainforest Alliance, the World Bank Group, UNDP - Mexico (United Nations Development Program), UNFPA - Mexico (Fund for Population of the United Nations), and UNOPS – Mexico (United Nations Office of Projects). He is currently a producer and editor of the documentary La Femenil (editing), he is also a producer of the documentary Los Sonidos del Fuego (editing) and collaborates in the company 212 BERLIN as head of the office, and as an assistant to the director Trisha Ziff.

JUAN CARLOS VALDEZ

He is co-founder of the production company Tygre whose debut feature was the documentary Interior/Exterior, a feature film filmed in Japan whose international premiere was at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival (2011). In 2015 he works for Prowell Media agency, assigned as a cameraman for the accounts, CONADE (National Sports Commission) and SEDESA (Mexico City Ministry of Health), highlighting his coverage of the Mexican Olympic delegation that participated in the Olympic Games of Rio 2016. He was production director in the Tv series 'Mi Lugar' produced by the company Cinema Máquina for Canal Once. Since 2018 he has been an audiovisual consultant for international agencies such as the French Development Agency (AFD), Rainforest Alliance, the World Bank Group, UNDP - Mexico (United Nations Development Program), UNFPA - Mexico (Fund for Population of the United Nations), and UNOPS – Mexico (United Nations Office of Projects). He is currently a producer and editor of the documentary La Femenil (editing), he is also a producer of the documentary Los Sonidos del Fuego (editing) and collaborates in the company 212BERLIN as head of the office, and as an assistant to the director Trisha Ziff.

Jorge Marquez

JORGE MÁRQUEZ

Jorge Márquez was born in Aguascalientes, México. He studied Film Direction at the Film University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His short films have competed at several film festivals such as the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM) and the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Buenos Aires (BAFICI). He participated in the director’s program at the 28th edition of the Talent Campus at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (FICG). For his editing work on the film La Carga (dir. Alan Jonsson) he received a Silver Goddess nomination from the Association of Mexican Cinema Journalists.

He has also edited the films El Vestido (dir. Roque Falabella), and Witkin & Wiktin (dir. Trisha Ziff). His editing titles for televisión include the series Mi Lista de Exes, El Recluso, Control Z, and A Tale of Two Kitchens. He also edited music videos for artists such as Natalia Lafourcade, Aleks Syntek and Julieta Venegas. He worked as community manager on Julieta Venegas’ Algo Sucede Tour, where he also directed several music videos. He has worked as road manager on several Netflix’s Stand Up Specials in Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. He is currently editing 212 BERLIN documentary Oaxacalifornia: The Return

JORGE MÁRQUEZ

Jorge Márquez was born in Aguascalientes, México. He studied Film Direction at the Film University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His short films have competed at several film festivals such as the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM) and the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Buenos Aires (BAFICI). He participated in the director’s program at the 28th edition of the Talent Campus at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (FICG). For his editing work on the film La Carga (dir. Alan Jonsson) he received a Silver Goddess nomination from the Association of Mexican Cinema Journalists.

He has also edited the films El Vestido (dir. Roque Falabella), and Witkin & Wiktin (dir. Trisha Ziff). His editing titles for televisión include the series Mi Lista de Exes, El Recluso, Control Z, and A Tale of Two Kitchens. He also edited music videos for artists such as Natalia Lafourcade, Aleks Syntek and Julieta Venegas. He worked as community manager on Julieta Venegas’ Algo Sucede Tour, where he also directed several music videos. He has worked as road manager on several Netflix’s Stand Up Specials in Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. He is currently editing 212BERLIN documentary Oaxacalifornia: The Return

JORGE MÁRQUEZ

Jorge Márquez was born in Aguascalientes, México. He studied Film Direction at the Film University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. His short films have competed at several film festivals such as the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia (FICM) and the Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Buenos Aires (BAFICI). He participated in the director’s program at the 28th edition of the Talent Campus at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara (FICG). For his editing work on the film La Carga (dir. Alan Jonsson) he received a Silver Goddess nomination from the Association of Mexican Cinema Journalists.

He has also edited the films El Vestido (dir. Roque Falabella), and Witkin & Wiktin (dir. Trisha Ziff). His editing titles for televisión include the series Mi Lista de Exes, El Recluso, Control Z, and A Tale of Two Kitchens. He also edited music videos for artists such as Natalia Lafourcade, Aleks Syntek and Julieta Venegas. He worked as community manager on Julieta Venegas’ Algo Sucede Tour, where he also directed several music videos. He has worked as road manager on several Netflix’s Stand Up Specials in Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. He is currently editing 212BERLIN documentary Oaxacalifornia: The Return