Elena Zazanis (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) is an actress, director, filmmaker and singer-songwriter in the greater NYC area. Currently in preproduction to direct and star in Chocolate Mirror Glaze, a 5 minute romance sparked by a spectacular cake.. She produced, directed and starred in “The Red Gucci Bag,” a short satire which debuted in the Golden Door International Film Festival, as well as “Desperate Hostess,” a video made for Wine Spectator Magazine. Highlights of her on camera acting credits include the award winning “Park Slope Moms,” Newfest honored “Purge,” DGA awarded “Razan,” Slamdance’s “Nightingale,” and horror feature “The Ascension” opposite Corbin Bernsen.
Zazanis voices true crime witnesses and victims, most notably Susan Berman in The Trial of Robert Durst, and Margo Diamond in the Ambie nominated Night Raid, both for Crime Story Media. Voice-over and on camera commercial/industrial credits range across media and entertainment, (Broadway show Chicago; Oxygen Network), financial, technology and pharmac