Christina Alexandra Voros
Brooklyn, NY
Currently a Dean’s Fellow in cinematography at NYU’s Tisch School of the Art’s Graduate Department of Film and Television, Ms. Voros’ careers prior to filmmaking have included that of a stage actor, restaurateur and nationally-ranked saber fencer. The only member of her family not to be born in Hungary, Christina was raised in Cambridge, MA, where she later attended Harvard University.
In 2006 she was awarded a Graduate Assistantship in cinematography, teaching under Tony Jannelli- whom she has continued to assist on projects with Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese. Her first documentary short, The Ladies, received a Gold Hugo at the 2007 Chicago International Film Festival and a Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance 2008.
Recent projects have included campaign videography for Sen. John Edwards and two feature length documentaries shooting in India – Children of Ambedkar, a film about the Dalit community in Mumbai and Jogni – Sex or Culture, a meditation on ritualized prostitution in rural Andhra Pradesh.
Ms. Voros is currently directing Garden in Transit: the movie, a documentary feature on the largest collaborative public arts project in NYC history.
Christina Alexandra Voros's film: The Ladies
