Darya Zhuk
Writer / Director
Crystal Swan
Narrative films
Teaser for Crystal Swan, a feature film directed by Darya Zhuk, starting Alina Nasibullina.
The Real American
Narrative films
Russian exchange student Alya struggles to fit in with American culture at her 17th birthday party.
Eat The Tourists
Narrative films
A tourist finds himself trapped in an awkward situation.
What Doesn't Kill You
Narrative films
After rare diagnosis, Lily's attempts to flee from war-torn Israel are thwarted when airport closes and her zany cousin forces her to party.
The Air Inside Her
Narrative films
When six year-old Katya touches herself, her grandmother tries to come up with a reason to stop her.
Half-Life
Narrative films
The radiation won't be killing us at this age - life will!
Wax
Narrative films
An Orthodox Jewish woman goes on an date she set online.
Natali Yura - Fall 4 U
(Music video)
Music Video
On-The-Go - Crumpled Memories
Music Video
Tesla Boy - Broken Doll (feat. Tyson)
Music Video
MGMT - Я и Майкл - Границы Мира
Music Video
Amika
Commissions
Amika armory collection.
Like a dream
Commissions
A poetic journey following artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh as she takes on street harassment in the Brooklyn neighborhoods through her arresting street art, backed by the piercing poetry of Camille Rankine.
Footlocker/Asics
Commissions
А blind athlete prepares to run her first NYC marathon. Co-directed with Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic.
Press
About
BIO
Darya Zhuk left Minsk, Belarus at the age of 16 to study in the US. Six years later with a cum laude B.A. degree from Harvard University, Darya Zhuk started making films first as a video artist, then as a producer and today as a director. She is a proud honors graduate of Columbia University MFA program in Directing. Her films have been selected to SXSW, Tarkovsky, Oaxaca, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Koroche, Santa Fe Independent film festivals just to name a few. In 2015, she won the best female writer-director award from New York Women in Film and Television for her work on The Real American, as well as the best short at the oldest film festival in Belarus, Listapad; What Doesn't Kill You won the best short at Boston Jewish Film Festival. In 2014, she directed a half-hour comedy pilot for the Russian cable network TNT called Filfak, which has been greenlit for production. She strives to tell fun, unapologetically messy stories about always strong, diverse, and sometimes shocking women.
Vimeodarya.zhuk at gmail.com