Narrative and experimental film, Storytelling, Myth & Folklore, Art History
Professional Experience
2022 – Present
Adjunct Professor | College for Creative Studies | Detroit, MI
2012- Present
Freelance Writer/Director/Creative Director | Mirzo, LLC Productions |
US & Armenia
2018-2019
Mentor | The New York Foundation for the Arts | Detroit, MI
2019
Teaching Artist | University of Rochester | Rochester, New York
2017-2019
Teaching Artist | Tumo Creative Technology Center | Yerevan, Armenia
2011-2013
Co-Founder and Creative Director | OneArmenia | Santa Monica, USA and
Yerevan, Armenia
2011-2012
Photography Curator | Tufenkian Heritage Hotels | Yerevan, Armenia
2011
Teaching Artist | Children of Armenia Fund | New York, USA and Yerevan, Armenia
FILMOGRAPHY
2026Â Â Abysm (co-writer/director/producer)
2025Â Â Isle of Light (co-writer/co-director)
2023Â Â The Hermit (writer/director/producer)
2023  Get Up (director)
2023  Ford Mach E – Speed|Sound|Detroit (writer/director)
2022Â Â The Blackbird Mother (director/cinematographer)
2022Â Â Gisela McDaniel (director/cinematographer)
2021Â Â Vincent Chandler (director)
2021Â Â Marcus Elliot (director)
2021Â Â Salakastar (director)
2021Â Â La Adelita (director)
2019Â Â Baku 1977 (director/editor)
2019Â Â Hungry Ghost (director/editor)
2018Â Â Â Â Susanna (writer/director)
2017Â Â Â Â Sonnet (writer/director/producer/actress)
2016Â Â Â Â Barber of Shushi (director/editor)
2014Â Â Â Â 140 Drams (writer/director/producer)
2012Â Â Â Â Light (director/editor)
2010Â Â Â Â le petit bijou (writer/director/producer)
2006Â Â Â The Death of Michael Smith (actress)
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2020Â Â Susanna The Artist Forum Film Festival | New York, NY
2020Â Â Video Program, Art Athina | Athens, Greece
2019Â Â Parallel Visions, Wasserman Projects | Detroit, MI
2019Â Â Cache DAATA, Expo Chicago | Chicago, IL
2019Â Â Daily Rush, Museum of Contemporary Art | Detroit, MI
2018Â Â Short Films of Oksana Mirzoyan, Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit, MI
2018Â Â Short Film Block Party, Cinema Detroit | Detroit, MI
2017  D’Electricity, N’namdi Gallery | Detroit, MI
2017Â Â Lips of Shame, HAYP Pop UP Gallery | Yerevan, Armenia
2014Â Â 140 Drams, Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival | Clermont-Ferrand, France
2014Â Â 140 Drams, DokuFest International Film Festival | Prizren, Kosovo
2014  140 Drams, Golden Apricot Film – Cinema Express | Armenia & Georgia
2013Â Â 140 Drams, Camerimage | Bydgoszcz, Poland
2013  140 Drams – Diaspora: Armenia, Fribourg International Film Festival| Fribourg, Switzerland
2013  140 Drams – International Cinematographers Guild of America – Emerging Cinematographer Exhibition, Tisch School of Visual Arts | New York, NY
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
2023Â Â Get Up | Best Music Video | Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival | Toronto, Canada
2022Â Â Leighton Independent Studio Resident | Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity | Banff, Canada
2021Â Â Berlinale Talents, Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany
2021Â Â The Hermit, Short Form Station, Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany
2021Â Â Manoogian Museum Artist Grant | Detroit, MI
2020Â Â Susanna, Seattle Film Festival | Seattle, Washington | Best Cinematography Award
2016Â Â Kresge Artist Fellow | Detroit, MI
2014Â Â George Foundation Grant | Bern, Switzerland
2013Â Â Abysm, Locarno International Film Festival | Locarno, Switzerland | Open Doors Prize
2013Â Â 140 Drams, Izmir International Short Film Festival | Izmir, Turkey | Best Narrative Short Film
2013Â Â 140 Drams, International Cinematographers Guild of America | Los Angeles, CA |
Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA) Honoree
2012Â Â 140 Drams, Pomegranate Film Festival | Toronto, Canada | Honorable Mention
ARTIST TALKS/LECTURES
2021Â Â Artist Spotlight Stories, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
2021Â Â AI Film Club: Oksana Mirzoyan, Armenian Institute | London, UK
2018Â Â Closing Night Speaker, Pomegranate Film Festival | Toronto, Canada
2017Â Â Indie Film Night, Wayne County Community College | Detroit, MI
2016Â Â Detroit: The Creative Arts, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
2013Â Â Diaspora: Armenia, Fribourg International Film Festival | Fribourg, Switzerland
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
2020  Indie Short Magazine, Oksana Mirzoyan Retells and Makes A Work Of Art With ‘Susanna’