2024 Princess Grace Honoraria
Nominated by: kelechi agwuncha, Princess Grace Award winner (Film 2022)
Hazel Katz is a video artist and filmmaker. Her short narrative film Sydney & Kim is shot on 16mm and will premiere at festivals in Fall 2024. Her feature length documentary Florida Water is now distributed by Collective Eye Films. Hazel’s work has been supported by ICA San Diego, MOMA PS1, Queer Art Mentorship, and festivals internationally. She has attended residencies at MacDowell, Anderson Ranch, Bemis Center, UnionDocs, Abrons Art Center, and Acre. Hazel has a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA in Visual Art at UC San Diego. She has taught young people of all ages, most recently as a Gender Studies lecturer at Scripps College and a Film Production lecturer at Cal State San Marcos. Hazel is involved in rank-and-file labor and prison abolition organizing.
