Ava Porter is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She received her MFA in Visual Arts from UC San Diego and her BA in Studio Art from UCLA. Her work, which spans documentary, narrative, and experimental cinema as well as video art, installation, and concert visuals, has been screened and exhibited internationally, including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Getty Museum, The Palace Museum in Beijing, and SOAS University of London. She is a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship (2017), the MFJC Fellowship (2022), the Bruce Geller Memorial WORD Artist Prize (2018), and the UC Institute for Research in the Arts Grant (2015).
Her directorial debut, documentary feature Wild Honey (2019, co-director Farhad Akhmetov), won numerous awards and honors at international film festivals including Festival Images de Sons (2021), New Filmmakers LA (2021), and the Golden State Film Festival (2020). Other notable screenings include LACMA’s Migrant Sounds series (2022), Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (2019), and Eurasia International Film Festival (2019).
Additional recent credits include The Well (2024, director, DP & editor); American Horror Story: Seasons 10-12 main titles (2021-2024, editor, cinematographer); Atlas main titles (2024, editor, additional VFX); The Creator main titles (2023, editor, additional cinematography); From main titles (2022-2024, editor, cinematographer); live video projections for the Chvrches 2021-2022 World Tour (editor, cinematographer); The Getty’s Art in LA Series short film series (2019-present, DP, editor); and Narcissister Organ Player (2018, cinematographer).
