Avi Zev Weider

Avi Zev Weider
Born
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupations
  • Film Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
  • Sound mixer
Years active1998–present

Avi Zev Weider is an American film director, writer, producer, and sound mixer.[1][2] He is best known for his work on the films Welcome to the Machine and I Remember.[3]

Career

Avi wrote, directed, and produced the short film, I Remember, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1998.[4] He is the owner of the production company LOOP Filmworks. He wrote and developed the Sloan Foundation and Sundance Institute-supported project Zeros and Ones.[5] He is the recipient of a 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in screenwriting and a 2009 Sloan Fellowship for Zeroes and Ones.[6] In 2012, his feature documentary, Welcome to the Machine premiered at South by Southwest.[5] As a sound supervisor, designer, and mixer, Avi has credits in the broadcast, cable, studio, livestream, and feature film.

Filmography

Year Title Contribution Note
2023 American Santa Director, Editor, and Producer Short Documentary
2018 Ghostbox Cowboy Story Producer Feature film
2012 Welcome to the Machine Director,writer,editor, and Producer Documentary
2012 Danland Producer Documentary
2006 Scott Walker: 30 Century Man Associate producer Documentary
2002 Cinemania Associate producer Documentary
1998 I Remember Director, writer, and producer Short film

As sound mixer

Awards and nominations

Year Result Award Category Work Ref.
2012 Nominated South by Southwest Documentary Feature Welcome to the Machine [7]

References

  1. ^ "Meet the 2012 SXSW Filmmakers #3: Avi Zev Weider, 'Welcome to the Machine'". indiewire.com. March 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  2. ^ "Five Questions with Welcome to the Machine Director Avi Zev Weider". filmmakermagazine.com. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  3. ^ "Welcome to the Machine". variety.com. 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  4. ^ "Avi Zev Weider". scienceandfilm.org. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  5. ^ a b "Welcome To The Machine". schedule.sxsw.com. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  6. ^ "SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUCES [sic] 2009 ALFRED P. SLOAN SCIENCE-IN-FILM AWARDS" (PDF). sundance.org. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  7. ^ "SXSW Film 2012 Crib Sheet". moveablefest.com. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 2022-03-06.