Zora Kovac
Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
Feature Film Script Writing Level VI - UCLA Extension, 2022
Screenwriting Level 3 - The Writing Pad, 2022
Advanced Study Improv, Level 201 Sketch Writing - The Upright Citizens Brigade, 2017
BFA Film - California College of the Arts, 2014
graduated with high distinction
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SURFACE AREA, 2013
Isabel Percy West Gallery, Oakland CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
SXSW FILM & TV FESTIVAL, 2023
Austin, TX
HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL, 2020
Digital Release - www.hollyshorts.com
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST, 2020
Digital Release - www.psfilmfest.org
SAN FRANCISCO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, 2019
Roxie Theater - San Francisco, CA
WOMEN IN COMEDY FESTIVAL: PRESENTED BY HBO, 2018
The Brattle Theatre - Caimbridge, MA
SHORT OF THE WEEK, 2018
Digital Release - Short Of The Week
NEWFILMMAKERS LA DECEMBER FESTIVAL, 2017
South Park Center - Los Angeles, CA
LOUISIANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2017
Cinemark Perkins Rowe - Baton Rouge, LA
THE LAST SUPPER, 2016
Turpentine Gallery - Oakland, CA
EGGY PRESS FRIENDS FAIRE, 2015
Spoke Art / Hashimoto Contemporary - San Francisco, CA
SAN FRANCISCO FROZEN FILM FESTIVAL, 2015
Roxie Theater - San Francisco, CA
BENEATH THE FLOORBOARDS, 2014 (curator)
West Gallery - Oakland, CA
NOW AND THEN, 2014
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive - Berkeley, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Young Hots vol. II, edited by Sara Mcgrath, 2016
Humble Pie Magazine, vol. X, 2014
After Lunch Comix, vol. I-VII, self published, 2013-2022
GRANTS/AWARDS
Screencraft Horror Feature Competition - Semifinalist, “Along The Gilded Gateway” 2023
Vimeo Staff Pick, "Christopher Walken's Coffee Shop" 2018
15 Short Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Something Different, "Christopher Walken's Coffee Shop" 2018
Berkeley Film Foundation Student Grant Award, "Zora" 2014
All College Honors, California College of the Arts, 2013
Nominee: NewFilmmakers Los Angeles - Best Animated Short of 2017, "Christopher Walken's Coffee Shop" 2018
Nominee: Thomas Angel Foundation Women in Comedy Scholarship, 2017
LECTURES / WORKSHOPS
Lecture/Presentation, Sacramento City College, Sacramento CA, March 28, 2017
PRESS
Syfy’s TZGZ Late-Night Animation Block Picks Up 3 New Series, Orders 2 Pilots
Deadline
Christopher Walken’s Hipster Coffee Shop Is An Absurd Disaster
Fast Company
Christopher Walken Is In the Café in this Short Film
Wired Italy
WhoHaha
(contract resume available upon request)