Born 1989, Stanford, CA
alex.zandi@gmail.com
@alex_bijan_zandi
Education
2020
MFA, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2013
BA, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Screenings
2024
Montclair Film Festival, Montclair, NJ
Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
Urbanworld Film Festival, New York, NY
NewFilmmakers LA: InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Brooklyn Film Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Reykjavík International Film Festival Talent Lab, Rekavijk, IS
2019
Toby's Diary, 15 Orient, Brooklyn, NY
Competitive Disadvantage, Organized by 77 Mulberry, Merry Gates, Brooklyn, NY
2017
We need to talk..., Petzel Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Video Critique, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2015
Amsterdam International Film Festival, Amsterdam, NL
Tightened As If by Pliers, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Moving Image Showcase, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Exhibitions
2019
A Rain of Light and Death, 17 Essex, New York, NY
Say Ever Moves, UBS Gallery, Red Hook, NY
2017
The Goldfish, MX Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Singles, Global Committee, New York, NY (solo)
Protest Show, Offshore, Online
2016
Puppet Show, 15 Orient, Brooklyn, NY
Ortega 100, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Life of an American Ruin, The City Reliquary Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Umi no Hi, Curated by Zoey Lubitz and Doris Guo, Brooklyn, NY Bloomsday, Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY
Accessories to the Project, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY Grid[Less], MX, New York, NY
2014
Faceless, Cousins, Queens, NY
Fall Show, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Residency
2024
Stowe Narrative Lab
2022
Rekavijk Film Festival Talent Lab
2021
MACRO + The Black List Feature Screenwriter Incubator
2014
School for Poetic Computation, New York, NY
Awards
2023
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, Film/Video
Jerome Foundation Film Production Grant
2021
Top 15%, Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting
Quarterfinalist, Scriptapalooza
2015
Best Experimental Film, Amsterdam International Film Festival
2013
Howard Nemerov Poetry Prize, Washington University in St. Louis
Press
2021
Adam Day, Action Spectacle, March 30, 2021. Online
2017
Asher Penn, The Goldfish, Sex Magazine, May 22, 2017. Online
2015
Elise Gallant, GRID [LESS], Purple Fashion, July 27, 2015. Online
Annabel Fernandes, Infinite Pools Teaser, Purple Fashion, February 10, 2015. Online.
2014
William Patterson, Of Zebrafication: A Review of Cousins Presents “Faceless”, Temporary Art Review, July 23, 2014. Online.