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
2026 Abysm (co-writer/director/producer)
2025 Isle of Light (co-writer/co-director)
2023 The Hermit (writer/director/producer)
2023 Get Up (director)
2023 Ford Mach E – Speed|Sound|Detroit (writer/director)
2022 The Blackbird Mother (director/cinematographer)
2022 Gisela McDaniel (director/cinematographer)
2021 Vincent Chandler (director)
2021 Marcus Elliot (director)
2021 Salakastar (director)
2021 La Adelita (director)
2019 Baku 1977 (director/editor)
2019 Hungry Ghost (director/editor)
2018 Susanna (writer/director)
2017 Sonnet (writer/director/producer/actress)
2016 Barber of Shushi (director/editor)
2014 140 Drams (writer/director/producer)
2012 Light (director/editor)
2010 le petit bijou (writer/director/producer)
2006 The Death of Michael Smith (actress)
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2020 Susanna The Artist Forum Film Festival | New York, NY
2020 Video Program, Art Athina | Athens, Greece
2019 Parallel Visions, Wasserman Projects | Detroit, MI
2019 Cache DAATA, Expo Chicago | Chicago, IL
2019 Daily Rush, Museum of Contemporary Art | Detroit, MI
2018 Short Films of Oksana Mirzoyan, Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit, MI
2018 Short Film Block Party, Cinema Detroit | Detroit, MI
2017 D’Electricity, N’namdi Gallery | Detroit, MI
2017 Lips of Shame, HAYP Pop UP Gallery | Yerevan, Armenia
2014 140 Drams, Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival | Clermont-Ferrand, France
2014 140 Drams, DokuFest International Film Festival | Prizren, Kosovo
2014 140 Drams, Golden Apricot Film – Cinema Express | Armenia & Georgia
2013 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
2023 Get Up | Best Music Video | Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival | Toronto, Canada
2022 Leighton Independent Studio Resident | Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity | Banff, Canada
2021 Berlinale Talents, Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany
2021 The Hermit, Short Form Station, Berlin International Film Festival | Berlin, Germany
2021 Manoogian Museum Artist Grant | Detroit, MI
2020 Susanna, Seattle Film Festival | Seattle, Washington | Best Cinematography Award
2016 Kresge Artist Fellow | Detroit, MI
2014 George Foundation Grant | Bern, Switzerland
2013 Abysm, Locarno International Film Festival | Locarno, Switzerland | Open Doors Prize
2013 140 Drams, Izmir International Short Film Festival | Izmir, Turkey | Best Narrative Short Film
2013 140 Drams, International Cinematographers Guild of America | Los Angeles, CA |
Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA) Honoree
2012 140 Drams, Pomegranate Film Festival | Toronto, Canada | Honorable Mention
ARTIST TALKS/LECTURES
2021 Artist Spotlight Stories, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
2021 AI Film Club: Oksana Mirzoyan, Armenian Institute | London, UK
2018 Closing Night Speaker, Pomegranate Film Festival | Toronto, Canada
2017 Indie Film Night, Wayne County Community College | Detroit, MI
2016 Detroit: The Creative Arts, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI
2013 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’