DIRECTORS

Elizabeth Mirzaei is a director and cinematographer of nonfiction films. Her short film Three Songs for Benazir, co-directed with Gulistan Mirzaei, won a Cinema Eye Honors Award, a dozen jury awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award. The film was released by Netflix in 2021. Her award-winning feature Laila at the Bridge played at film festivals including Locarno and CPH:DOX, and had a theatrical release in the U.K. Elizabeth lived in Afghanistan with her husband Gulistan for many years. She is a Film Independent Fellow and her work as a cinematographer has screened at TIFF and Venice, among others. Her newest film, Natalia, premiered at True/False with more upcoming screenings.