Ariel Kavoussi, award-winning artist, writer, producer filmmaker, actor

Published: July 19, 2019, 9 p.m.

b"Ariel Kavoussi is an award-winning artist, writer, producer, filmmaker, actor, and curator of film & video works based in New York City. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight, Dia: Chelsea, Louis B. James, Anthology Film Archives, the Williams College Museum of Art, Woodstock Film Festival, Loft Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Lighthouse International Film Festival, and elsewhere.\\n\\n\\n\\tHer most recent short film, THE POET AND THE PROFESSOR, is a dark comedy which stars herself opposite indie stalwart Kevin Corrigan (WALKING AND TALKING, THE GET DOWN) and Bob Byington (THE COLOR WHEEL). It premiered at the 2017 Maryland Film Festival and was selected as one of the few short films to be included in the new Parkway Theater\\u2019s regular programming under Dark Comedy Shorts.\\n\\n\\n\\tIn 2017, Ariel acted opposite Anne Heche, Sandra Oh, & Dylan Baker in Onur Tukel's dark comedic feature CATFIGHT (Toronto International Film Festival). Numerous critics have lauded her performance; Vanity Fair singled Ariel Kavoussi out as Hilarious Newcomer\\xa0for her work, as did Variety. Kavoussi can next be seen opposite Emma Stone in Cary Fukunaga\\u2019s original series for Netflix called Maniac,\\u201d as well as opposite Mamoudou Athie in Alex Karpovsky\\u2019s original series for FX Networks called \\xa0Oh, Jerome No."