Ava Benjamin Shorr
Ava Benjamin Shorr’s name has been popping up all over lately, and honestly, it’s about time. She’s got this knack for grabbing onto stories that don’t just sit quietly in the corner—they sort of demand your attention. Take “Omni Loop” (2024), for example. That one isn’t your standard cookie-cutter sci-fi flick. It messes around with timelines and reality in a way that makes you question if you left your keys in the fridge or if that’s just another universe where you did. The visuals are wild, and you can tell Ava’s got that obsessive eye for detail, lighting every scene like it’s a painting.
Then there’s “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara” (also 2024), which, yeah, the title alone sells it. This isn’t just another celebrity doc or Netflix true crime thing. It digs into the weird, emotional rabbit hole of online identity, fandom, and the chaos that happens when real people get tangled up in digital lies. Ava doesn’t sugarcoat anything—she’s bold about showing the raw, awkward, sometimes ugly truth behind the internet’s shiny mask.
And don’t sleep on “Equal” (2020), where her cinematography helped bring queer history out of the shadows. That show delivers the kind of energy that makes you want to stand up and shout, and a lot of that’s down to how Ava frames those moments—she finds the humanity, the hope, the grit.
If you haven’t checked out her stuff yet, do it. She’s not just rolling film; she’s creating these worlds you can’t shake off.