Her work documents strains of contemporary American culture in the context of late-stage capitalism, looking at youth & beauty culture, excess, and ritual − shifting away from the patriarchal gaze. Her film Christmas, Every Day premiered at SXSW Film Festival domestically and Hot Docs internationally, taking the special jury award, and was released by NYTimes Op-Docs. It streamed on Le Cinema Club, Short of the Week, and won Vimeo’s Best of the Year in 2025. Her film Alpha Kings, co-directed with Enrique Pedraza-Botero, won the Grand Jury Prize for Social Commentary at AFI Fest and is now available to stream on The New Yorker and Vimeo Staff Picks. Her directing work has also screened at MoMA, True/False Film Festival, IFFR, Camden Film Festival, Rooftop Films, Champs Elysées Film Festival, and Palm Springs ShortFest, among others, and has been distributed and featured by Aeon, Nowness, and Paper Magazine. Her commercial directing and photography clients include Nu Swim, Ardbeg Whiskey, LoQ Footwear, and musicians such as Icona Pop and Barrie.
She was a Film Independent Fast Track Producing Fellow and an AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women fellow in 2024. She recently produced Union County (Sundance 2026, Oscillscope) and was the Story Producer and a Cinematographer on Amazon Studios three part docu-series Murder 101 (Sundance 2026). She previously served as VP Development & Production for LA based Passage Pictures, overseeing development for the company alongside its CEO, and was Director of Acquisitions & Production for FilmRise, where she championed the release of several award winning films.
Faye received an MFA in Documentary Film & Video at Stanford University.
Faye is represented for Film & Television work by Cinetic Media
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direct contact: faye.tsakas@gmail.com
direct contact: faye.tsakas@gmail.com