Biography

Maziar Ghaderi is a Toronto-based filmmaker that strives to articulate his social commentary through metaphors, epiphanies and critiques.

Maziar's work has been curated across North America, Europe, West Asia and recognized by the MIT Media Lab, International Symposium on Electronic Art, CBC Docs POV, The Creator's Project, VICE, Toronto Media Arts Centre, The Globe & Mail, CBC Radio, Toronto Life, Newsweek, The Washington Times, Russia Today, The Irish Times, National Review, The Stranger, WIRED and SIGGRAPH. He has also presented at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Augmented Cinema Film Festival, Toronto Wearables, Tashkeel Dubai Art Center, Subtle Technologies, Brooklyn's Film Noir Cinema, Gladstone Hotel, The Gardiner Museum, Shopify, SummerWorks Festival, Luminato Festival, HarbourFront Centre's HATCH festival, Sumahan Istanbul Art, The Fridge Dubai and Nuit Blanche.

With the direction of Marina Abramovic, Maziar was the media producer and on-site technical assistant for the 2013 Luminato Festival's MAI Prototype, and has directed and produced his original work, Dissolving Self for the International Symposium on Electronic Art 2014 (ISEA) held in Dubai.

The very first feature film that he produced went on to clinch the #1 spot on iTunes upon its debut in 2019 and was broadcast on CBC and distributed by Gravitas Ventures to rave reviews.
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In addition to being fluent in English, Maziar also speaks Spanish, Brazilian-Portuguese and Persian.

Maziar first went to business school, then backpacked and taught English in Brazil for three years in his 20s which opened his eyes to pursue his true passion: film and the media arts.