biography

Parzival Ortiz is an award-winning writer and director based in Dubai. Born and raised in Dubai, he discovered his love for cinema early and pursued filmmaking right after high school. Over the last five years, Parzi has worked on 30+ short films, music videos, and documentaries, many of which have screened and won awards at festivals worldwide. His own shorts, Donuts (winning 10+ festivals), Reflection, and Paranoid Android, explore human fragility and surreal tension. Parzi loves collaborating with his partner, actress-producer Nyxophine Ortiz. The two met on Donuts, where he starred as the lead, and have been creating together ever since. Nyx also helped produce Reflection and went on to win the 2nd place at Film Society DXB. Parzi is a graduate of Middlesex University Dubai’s film program, currently developing his debut feature film, adapted from a theatre play.