about
Edan Ashkenazi is an NYC-based writer, director, and editor. Having grown up with a severe speech impediment, it was only natural for him to fall into the visual world of filmmaking. Working in a multitude of genres such as comedy, drama, fantasy, and romance, he looks to depict life at its most raw, unnerving, and hilarious moments.
Director’s reel
The Life of a Social Distancing Ambassador
Short subject documentary that follows the bewildering reality of an NYC Social Distancing Ambassador during the height of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
Cast:
Blain Roberts
Crew:
Director/Editor: Edan Ashkenazi
Producer: Hatuey Rodriguez
Camera Operators: Cece Chan and Zack Chalmers
Production Sound Mixer: Iris Liu
Wilted Flowers
Screening now at festivals, "Wilted Flowers" is a romance/fantasy short film by writer/director Edan Ashkenazi. It follows an elderly woman who discovers that she has the incredible ability to heal her terminally ill husband through the power of her tears.
Cast:
Jane Buchanan and Timothy Roselle
Crew:
Writer/Director: Edan Ashkenazi
Producer: Luke Knox
Cinematographer: Cece Chan
Editor: Brian Chen
Production Designer: Fiona Kane
Production/Post Sound Mixer: Zack Field
Colorist/VFX Artist/Gaffer: Zack Chalmers
Clockwork
Streaming on Vimeo, “clockwork” is a magical realist, foreign language short about four quarrymen who go insane due the magical properties of the clock.
Made in Prague on 35mm film as part of an international collaboration between NYU Tisch and FAMU.
Cast:
Daniel Mavrov, René Šmotek, Petr Burian, and Karel Seidl.
Crew:
Writer/Director/Editor: Edan Ashkenazi
Producer: Adam Ligas
Cinematographer: Sabrina Ma
Production Designer: Dylan Lanham
Production and Post Sound Mixer: Martin Hejl
Colorist: Felix Nevrela