Taj Irzhavsky
Direction Of Photography, Film Editor, Cinematography
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About Me
Taj Irzhavsky (they/them)
Düsseldorf-based artist and filmmaker, working internationally.
2022 Diploma & Meisterschüler*in of Prof. Rita McBride
2019 - 2021 MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking at The School of Visual Arts, New York (USA)
2013-2022 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (DE), Prof. Rita McBride, Prof. Marcel Odenbach, Prof. Johannes Paul Raether.
Special thanks to Deborah Dickson, Udo Dziersk, Robert Fleck, Kristian Gonzales, Elmar Hermann, Daniela Kinateder, Christa Majoras, Matthias Neuenhofer, Marina Razbezhkina, Jerry Risius, E. Donna Shepherd, Julia Scher, Susanna Schoenberg, Ana Veselić.
Grants and Awards
2023 Project "Social Fiction" with Anne Schülke. Sponsored by the Cultural Office of the City of Düsseldorf and the Art and Culture Foundation of the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf.
2022 "Auf geht's!" Künstlerstipendium
2019 PROMOS DAAD Stipendium
2018 PROMOS DAAD Stipendium
2017 Baker Tilly Artist Grant
2017 ARTAGON Award, Paris (FR)
2016 Hogan Lovells Kunstförderpreis (nominated)InterestsNon Fiction, Art Cinema, Film Art, Experimental Film, Documentaries
SkillsEditing (Avid Media Composer), Color Correction, Sound Mixing, Camera Operation, Camera, Cinematography