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.

She recently completed her latest film, Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man which 212BERLIN will launch in 2025 and has begun production on Frida’s Gaze, which will be filmed during 2024, completing post production the end of 2025 for 2026 release.

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.