Ramzy's film work has been broadcast internationally and screened at notable museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China and the Unesco Art Gallery, Paris, France.
In 2000 Ramzy was cinematographer & co-producer of Academy Award nominated film “The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo” and his film "Death In Vegas" was awarded the Grand Remi "Best of Show" at the 2007 Houston International Film Festival. In addition to film work, Ramzy has also produced performance art for the Houston based art troupe Rubber: An Art Mob such as indoor bloodless bullfighting and creates multi-channel video installations as well as sculpture and digital printmaking.
Ramzy Telley graduated from the CalArts experimental film program and is currently teaching film at Pratt Institute in NYC.
RAMZY TELLEY
1236 Atlantic Ave. #405, Brooklyn, NY, 11216
347-453-2978/ ramzytelley.com - rtelley@pratt.edu
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FILM/VIDEO
Provided production, editing, and programming services to the following clients: HBO, Discovery Network, A&E Network, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, GSD&M, The New York City Dance Theater, Gabriel Films, Arctic Research Establishment, California Institute of Technology, MTV, MTV Europe, ESPN, National Geographic Channel, J. Mendel.
FILMOGRAPHY
Bloodline, currently in production, Director / Cinematographer / Editor
The Flying Doctor, currently in production, Director / Cinematographer / Editor
62 Days, 2017, Colorist, American Film Institute/Meet the Press Festival, PBS Broadcast
Mariana, 2017, Colorist, feature film, Marseille Film Festival, France
To The Pale, 2016, Colorist
Pony Smack, 2016, DP, for Director Llyod Kaufman
Swan Dive, 2015, DP/ Director, Under Armour Commercial
To The Pale, 2015, Cinematographer / Drone Operator
Chashama Arts Organization, 2013, Cinematographer, Exhibited on two Times Square Mega-Screens.
Daft Punk: Random Access Memories, 2013, AC/Loader for Director Ed Lachman
Here, There, Nowhere, 2013, DP/Editor, screened at the Tish New Media Film Festival
J. Mendel, 2011/2012 Fashion videos, DP/Editor
Charmed, video installation, G Gallery, Houston, TX 2010
Server Space, video installation, Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru, 2009
Wicca In the Military, (2007-2008), digital video, DP
Death in Vegas, (2006), 16mm film, 6 min. - Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Awarded Grand Remi “Best of Show”, documentary short, Houston International Film Festival, 2007.
Ty Murray: King of the Cowboys, (2006), 16mm film and digital video 58 min. - Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - National Broadcast on TLC.
Fourth and Life, (2005), 16mm film and digital video, 46 min. - Cinematographer - Jury Award, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen, CO.
Fight to the Max, (2002), 16mm film, 81 min. - Cinematographer - National Broadcast Discovery Channel.
Body Piercing, (2001), digital video, 60 min. - Cinematographer - National Broadcast Discovery Channel
Rubber: An Art Mob, (2000) digital video, 48 min. - Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - exhibited at 101 Art Gallery, Houston, TX.
The Wildest Show in the South: The Angola Prison Rodeo, (1999) 16mm film, 35 min. - Cinematographer, Best Documentary Short Sundance Film Festival, Academy Award nomination, documentary short, 2000.
Inside Rodeo, 16mm film, 48 min. - Producer/Cinematographer - National Broadcast Discovery Channel.
Body Piercing 16mm film and video, 60 min. - Cinematographer - National Broadcast Discovery Channel
The American Bullfighter 16mm film and digital video, 60 min. - Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - National Broadcast on TLC.
Against the Current 16mm film, 25 min. - Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - produced for the NYC Dance Theater
Jest, Jargon & Jeopardy 16mm, 30 min. - Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - produced for the NYC Dance Theater
SuperBull! video, 20 min. - Director/Cinematographer/Editor
Mandala Meditation Series, video, 120 min. - Producer/Director/Editor
Cage of Promise, 16mm film, 15 min. - Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor - Golden Athena Award, Athens Film Festival, Silver Award, San Francisco International Film Festival, National Broadcast on USA Network.
Inside Story, video, 8 min. - Boroscope Camera - Canyon Cinema
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS,
FILM/VIDEO / SCULPTURE / PERFORMANCE
“Western Sequels” TC Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013
The Athens School of Fine Art, Athens, Greece 2012
Williams Tower, Houston, TX, “Go West 1” 2011
Unesco, Paris, France, “Go West 1”, 2011
The American Center for the Arts, Paris, France, 2011
G Gallery, Houston, TX, Charmed, Solo-Show, 2010
MadisMad, Madrid, Spain, 2010
Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru, 2009
Marfa Film Festival, Marfa, TX, 2008
The Crazywood Gallery, Huntsville, TX, Ulterior Motifs, 2008
40th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, 2007
Latino Cultural Arts Center, Houston, TX, String Theory, 2007
Zerbst Museum, Zerbst, Germany, 6 Texas Artists and Hans, 2007
Fort Russell Bldg., Marfa, TX, Camp Marfa, 2007
Houston City Hall, Houston, TX, Art on Loan Show, 2007
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China, Houston Contemporary Art, 2006
Museum of Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, 2006
Atlanta Outdoor Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA, 2005
Lowell Collins Gallery, Houston, TX, 2004
New Braunfels Museum of Art, New Braunfels, TX 2004
Hanseat Cultural Center, Salzwedel, Germany, solo, 2003
Leipzig Art House Cinema, Leipzig, Germany, solo, 2003
Humboldt Museum of Art, Havana, Cuba, Murallas, 2003
101 Art Gallery, Houston, TX, Soul, 2002
The Engine Room, Houston, TX, Free Sex, 2001
Commerce Street Gallery, Houston, TX, Happiness, 2001
Sundance Film Festival, 2000
The Directors Guild, Los Angeles, CA, 2000
Lille International Short Film Festival, Lille, France
Ann Arbor Film Festival, Ann Arbor, MI,
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC,
Filmforum, Los Angeles, CA,
Athens International Film Festival, Athens, GA
Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ
Fox International Theater, Venice, CA
San Francisco International Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru
California Institute of the Arts
Humboldt Museum of Art, Havana, Cuba
Lester Marks Private Collection, Houston, TX
FELLOWSHIPS
Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowship
EDUCATION
California Institute of the Arts, B.F.A.
Filmmaking Program
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, CCE, Pratt Institute 2016- present
DCTV Manhattan, Color Grading / Color Theory In Film, Instructor 2014 - present
Cinematography Instructor, Lucca, Italy, summer of 2016
Adjunct Asst. Professor, PRATT Institute 2012- 2017
Visiting Asst. Professor, PRATT Institute 2008 – 2012
Northridge High School, Northridge, CA
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Teaching Assistant - Video Studio Production
LECTURES / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Artist in Residence Program, Salzwedel / Leipzig, Germany, 2003. Lecture and film screenings of Cage of Promise, The Wildest Show in the South: Angola Prison Rodeo, King of the Cowboys, Rubber: An Art Mob.
Directors Guild of America, Producers Panel, 2000 Academy Award Documentary Screening of The Wildest Show in the South: Angola Prison Rodeo.
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA Guest Speaker, film theory class: Sex, Violence and Exponential Nirvana.
California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA,Guest Speaker, Experimental Film Series, Moderator: Alexis Krasilovsky.