Aitan Ebrahimoff
director, camera operator, film editor
Amsterdam / NL
details
details
awards
Artist Start, Mondriaan Fund, NL, 2024-25
Piet Zwart Institute Research Award, Rotterdam, NL, 2023
PROMAX Africa, Silver Broadcast Award, Cape Town, SA, 2021
PROMAX UK, Newcomer Broadcast Award, London UK, 2019
equipment
Camera & Optics
- Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K (M43 Mount with Nikon F-Mount Adapter)
- Blackmagic Video Assist 5G
- Sigme Art, F1.5, 18-35mm Lens (M43 Mount)
- Nikon, F2.8, 28mm Lens (Nikon F-Mount)
- Nikon, F2.0, 35mm Lens (Nikon F-Mount)
- Nikon, F1.4, 50mm Lens (Nikon F-Mount)
- Nikon, F2.0, 105mm Lens (Nikon F-Mount)

Sound
- Zoom H4 Field Recorder
- Rode Mic Pro 32-bit Float
- Lavalier Mics x 2
- Shotgun Mic
hardware knowledge
Hardware
- Apple M2 Max, 32GB RAM
software knowledge
- Premiere Pro (Advanced)
- Resolve (Medium)
- Lightroom (Medium)
- Avid (Basic)
- Adobe Suite: InDesign, Photoshop, Lightroom (Medium)

education
education
other education
Piet Zwart Institute
Cum Laude
Lens-Based Media
2021-2023
University of Cambridge
Cum Laude
Lens-Based Media
BA (Hons) Social Anthropology
Social Anthropology
2011-2014

website
website

info
info
I’m Aitan Ebrahimoff (1991, UK) an artist-filmmaker based in Amsterdam. I hold a BA in Anthropology from Cambridge and an MFA in Lens-Based Media from the Piet Zwart Institute. My upcoming feature documentary Hungry Host (2026) is supported by Mondriaan Fonds in co-production with Trip to the Moon Films.

As well as making artist-films and documentaries, I direct and edit promos for the cultural sector in the Netherlands. I’ve worked with Het National Theatre, Joods Museum, IMPAKT, Fiber, and well as Creative Europe. I trained as a promo director in London at A+E Networks. I produced and edited trailers in a high-paced environment. I was nominated for Best Newcomer at PROMAX 2019 and received a Silver at PROMAX Africa 2020.

On indepedent films, I've worked as a 1st AC and cinematographer, a Producer, and film editor. I’m a self-shooting director and work with the Blackmagic system. I’m skilled in post-production workflows (Premiere Pro), retouching (Resolve, Lightroom) and on-screen graphics (After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign).
contact
discipline
discipline
Commercial, Documentary, Short film, Experimental