Shanna Maurizi is an artist and filmmaker. Her work is experimental in nature and spans photography, sculpture, expanded cinema and film. Her short film “Late Night with Carl Sagan” premiered at NewFilmmakers NYC, her 30m film “Sunken Treasure” won the Art and Science Award at the 56th Ann Arbor Film Festival, and she was nominated for "Best Emerging Director" for her first feature at NYC’s 2011 Visionfest . Her artwork in the gallery context has been shown most recently at LaMaMa Gallery in NYC in a 2 person show, and her previous NYC solo shows were reviewed as Critic’s Picks on Art F City. She has long been a grassroots arts organizer and has founded several underground spaces in Oakland CA and Brooklyn NY. Currently she is developing publishing projects with Songs for Presidents Editions and making new films.