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MAZ MURRAY
Bio
Maz Murray is a filmmaker also working within visual art and fiction writing. They studied Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts and have since made short films with Channel 4 and Dazed Digital (as part of ICA’s ‘Stop Play Record’ programme), Institute of Contemporary Arts, Metal Southend and BFI. Their films have shown at galleries including Focal Point in Southend, QueerCircles, South London Gallery, and festivals such as London Short Film Fest, Outfest LA and Uppsala Short Film Festival. Maz is interested in portraying queer and transgender working class life by subverting genre and representational tropes with humour, surrealism and a dash of utopian dreaming. As well as writing and directing their shorts they often make the costumes and sets. Upcoming projects include two new short film projects, a feature script, their first institutional solo gallery show and a collaborative novella.
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Nia Alavezos
Bio
Nia has 7+ years of animation production experience. Currently she’s at Sun & Moon Studios, managing an adult anime series called HAMMER & BOLTER, in addition to a few other projects in development with Farside Features (Sun & Moon’s sister company). Nia is also part of Sun & Moon’s development department, working closely with key staff in their writer’s room to further develop the studio’s IP, in addition to directing numerous projects at the studio; such as last year’s Christmas Short, TIMELESS GIFTS.
Before moving to the UK in 2019 Nia was a Production Coordinator at DreamWorks Animation TV, working on THE EPIC TALES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS for Netflix. Previously she was at Renegade Animation, where she was a Coordinator on THE TOM & JERRY SHOW, while also working as a Marketing and Development Coordinator for all of their original content.
She is also producing two animated shorts commissioned by Ffilm Cymru’s Beacons short film scheme, YMENYDD and SPECTRE OF THE BEAR. Additionally, Nia is working with Josh Hicks, the director of SPECTRE OF THE BEAR in bringing his hilarious comic Glorious Wrestling Alliance to life through funding with Creative Wales.
