My name is Zak Margolis.
I make lots of different kinds of work, but in my heart I am a filmmaker. Weird, scary, funny. These movies will make you sweat.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/2ee6d4de-10a9-4b2c-8691-8a4f606b079d_rwc_383x0x1381x1080x1381.jpg?h=0d452b775557e68c0c4503bb0a337bfa)
An Evening With Father
2022, 6 minutes, 30 seconds
animation and sound: Zak Margolis
music by Charlie Campbell at AikaMusic
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/45a385d7-b461-480f-8391-5da1e4eadd13_rwc_0x134x824x644x824.jpg?h=87bcab8d1de0c75cfa636df7ea6bd585)
Fabulous Monster 12
2021, 30 seconds
collage: Melody Owen
animation and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/1562847d-6a9f-427f-9cc4-47705f6d1c05_rwc_270x0x1381x1080x1381.jpg?h=13d60e1bcab48540597684df51868300)
Andante Moderato
2021, 7 minutes 56 seconds
music composed by Florence Price, performed by Pyxis Quartet
image: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/f21493d3-30fe-417b-bb47-6ada19a51e45_rwc_270x0x1379x1080x1379.jpg?h=e12d099e2e317779dec8574e54b6fffa)
A Rat's Life
2018, 5 minutes 20 seconds
image and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/9caa0b09a4f869062587aee5f9decea09a86e1ef91e6eb3d21b1e97a4daa8d31df05887df124ea2c_car_202x158.jpg?h=c557e17f158d7e739acf22556dd23cc5)
Origin of the True Cinema
2015 / 9 minutes
Based on writings by the Organism for Poetic Research
image and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/9cd18f2b-5dcf-472a-a2a7-50727aedf0e4_rwc_277x0x1377x1080x1377.jpg?h=cd8817803d261102ed67b130988e27cd)
Strategies for Navigating the Oblivion
2014 / 4 minutes 22 seconds
image and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/09de472c-1a11-42a9-aafb-cc9e1be48d20_rwc_103x0x1377x1080x1377.jpg?h=5c83a55154bdfd7e4526308cd33d24ff)
Moonbabies
2008 / 14 minutes
Made with help from the Regional Arts and Culture Council
image and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/682a929124d919938da12059fdeeb1615c0e31695111010b4123cb7f6c9a618561f68a9ec83e46c4_car_202x158.jpg?h=9c1146dd43fb12cbb5a842201f4e6742)
How To Travel
2016 / 1 minute 45 seconds
poem and voice: Alicia Jo Rabins / face: Alicia McDaid
image and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/c801852645ff5cd6a29b7a1ff30ed7aaccd79c3d545bc28c457475c7846d9faf63a521929fc70c3e_car_202x158.jpg?h=f0fdce97da63bc4c3cfb60d80133fa5f)
I Dream of Mother
2015 / 1 minutes 17 seconds
image and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/0244643c-6a91-4b70-8449-fcd4537fb294_rwc_365x146x3475x2724x3475.jpg?h=328f2a9c8e3c4a3b6a09a76aea030482)
Drowningboy
2002 / 12 minutes 30 seconds
image and sound: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/1f43a6eb-1d0c-43b1-b711-043423b50d23_rwc_561x229x722x566x722.jpg?h=f57a7e7febc400c3c974c56c42d86e8e)
Garden Party
2014 / 1 minute 15 seconds
photography, direction, puppets, writing, cock wrangling: Christopher Rabilwongse
concept, writing, sound, compositing: Zak Margolis
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/7fd94c7e-01da-4476-a541-3e1cac432573_rwc_14x0x688x540x688.jpg?h=a11c8aeaaf7459d753d20661dc26cfd3)
the mustache
2002 / 11 minutes
image and sound: Zak Margolis
This is the more unpleasant "original soundtrack" version of this film. For a less grating experience, go to the music video section and watch Charlie Campbell's "Goldcard" version.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f5bd09332d5ed16ac525a9eb2f74a6d1/9f3a8c11-8d7d-474f-b284-a6c73a3d3769_rwc_346x14x1228x962x1228.jpg?h=dad4e693990794f5f5b111239971d712)
Halloween
2014 / 3 minutes 11 seconds
voice of Antonapolis: Greg Margolis (rest in peace, uncle!)
image and sound: Zak Margolis