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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.

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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

Narrative editor reel

 

branded content editing sample

 

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