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Nina Menkes

American film director · United States · Directors · Born 1955 · age 71

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Nina Menkes is an American independent filmmaker. Her films include The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983), Magdalena Viraga (1986), Queen of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996), "Massacre (Massaker)" (2005), Phantom Love (2007), Dissolution (2010), and Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022).

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A life in dates

2026No MercyFilm2022Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-PowerFilm, Director, Producer2010DissolutionFilm, Director, Writer2007Phantom LoveFilm, Director2006Untitled #1Film, Director2005MassacreFilm, Director1996The Bloody ChildFilm, Director1992Guggenheim FellowshipAward1991Queen of DiamondsFilm, Director, Writer1986Magdalena ViragaFilm, Director, Producer1983The Great Sadness of ZoharaFilm, Director1981A Soft WarriorFilm, Director1955Born

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NMNo Mercy2026
BPBrainwashed: Sex-Camera-PowerDirector, Producer2022
DIDissolutionDirector, Writer2010
PLPhantom LoveDirector2007
UNUntitled #1Director2006
MAMassacreDirector2005
TCThe Bloody ChildDirector1996
QDQueen of DiamondsDirector, Writer1991
MVMagdalena ViragaDirector, Producer1986
TZThe Great Sadness of ZoharaDirector1983
AWA Soft WarriorDirector1981

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1992

About this person

Nina Menkes is an American independent filmmaker. Her films include The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983), Magdalena Viraga (1986), Queen of Diamonds (1991), The Bloody Child (1996), "Massacre (Massaker)" (2005), Phantom Love (2007), Dissolution (2010), and Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022). Nina Menkes' sister Tinka appears as an actress in many of them. Menkes teaches at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, California. She has donated copies of several of her works to the Academy Film Archive.

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Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
living
Dates
Born 1955 · age 71

In common with Nina

Abigail DisneyAlso in Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)Lokman SlimAlso in Massacre (2005)Juliette MarquisAlso in Phantom Love (2007)Monika BorgmannAlso in Massacre (2005)

Directors from the United States 2

Ellie Kanner41.4Albert S. Rogell41.4

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