ANDI STATE

Photographer, Filmmaker
New York/Montreal

Andi State is a Romanian-born, Montreal-raised, Upstate NY-based filmmaker, photographer, and multidisciplinary artist whose work moves between documentary, experimental film, and visual storytelling. With a focus on music, landscape, and community, her practice blends observation and sound with a cinematic eye rooted in vérité and art-house aesthetics.

Her photography has been featured in Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Fashion, The New York Times, and in a photo book on Death Valley. 

As a filmmaker, she directs, produces, shoots and edits her own work, including the music docs Suuns Europe 2011 and The Pop Movie, and the community-driven Shigawake Movie. She’s also produced narrative film (Peepers, 2010), and has exhibited video installations at events like Art Basel and Pop Montreal.

Drawing from a studies in political science, existential philosophy, and theater, while definitively shaped by an early job at Montreal's legendary repertory cinemas, Andi’s cinematic work explores interconnectedness, between people, places, and the environment. She has embedded into diverse communities from rock stars to farmers to fishers and made films from her experience.

She’s developing a long-term video project centered on the Hudson River, a project which immersed her into environmental filmmaking. She is open to collaborations with eco-conscious brands, arts organizations, and independent fashion labels that share a vision for thoughtful, visually driven storytelling.

more at:
http://andistate.tumblr.com/
http://heartbreaksandmisdemeanors.tumblr.com/
http://artisserious.tumblr.com/
http://andistate.blogspot.com/