Deniz Tortum is a filmmaker, researcher and designer. He is currently a fellow at Harvard Film Study Center, where he is working on a film about a hospital in Istanbul and works with Virtual Collaboration Research, where he designs virtual reality experiences. His first feature film,
Zayiat, has been screened internationally, including at SXSW. His most recent film,
If Only There Were Peace, was selected to Sheffield, True/False FF and won the best short documentary award at Dokufest.
Thesis:
Embodied Montage: Reconsidering Immediacy in Virtual Reality
