Zadi on EPIC FU
BIO (in convenient copy & paste 3rd person) :)
Zadi Diaz is an award-winning new media producer, director and host. She is also co-founder of Smashface Productions, a new media production company focused on developing original programming for the web, bridging new and traditional media, and building and cultivating online communities.
She began her career on the web in 2004 as a documentary-style videoblogger and mashup video creator and is currently the co-creator and host of EPIC FU, a popular Streamy and Webby award-winning web series about Internet culture. She is also one of the founding members of Pixelodeon, a screening festival recognizing innovation in global online video.
Though filming and directing are Zadi’s main focus, she also speaks on panels and teaches people around the world about new media and media literacy.
Her work has been highlighted in the New York Times, Forbes, CBS Evening News, MTV, The Associated Press, The Guardian, and many other national publications. She is a Film Independent Project:Involve Fellow, a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), on the advisory board for PBS Engage, as well as a member of the Transatlantic Network 2020, an international initiative founded by the British Council.
Press (partial list)
the independent (1,2,3,4)
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