Ian Soroka is a filmmaker primarily interested in expanded forms of documentary. He studied cinema at the University of Colorado, Boulder and at FAMU (Int) in Prague, CZ, and he completed an M.S. in the Art, Culture and Technology program at MIT. In 2009 Ian was awarded a Princess Grace fellowship, the John H. Johnson award. In 2012 Ian was a Fulbright research fellow in Slovenia, researching regional film history. The research led to his current feature film in post-production, Dry Country. His films have screened internationally in festival and museum contexts such as: DocLisboa, Curtas: Vila do Conde, Rencontres Internationales (Paris/Berlin/Madrid), and the Slovenian National Cinematheque.
Discipline:
Film/Video – documentary
Ian Soroka
Discipline:
Film/Video – documentary
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2016
More:
iansoroka.com
Studios
Mixter
Ian Soroka worked in the Mixter studio.
Built in 1927–1930, the Florence Kilpatrick Mixter Studio was funded by its namesake and designed by the architect F. Winsor, Jr., who also designed MacDowell's original Savidge Library in 1925. Mixter Studio, solidly built of yellow and grey-hued granite, once had sweeping views of Pack Monadnock to the east. The lush forest has now grown…