Ora DeKornfeld

Filmmaker

Director, The Grandfather Puzzle; Co-director, Stalin Boys

Ora DeKornfeld is an Emmy Award–winning documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor whose work has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, CNN, and Netflix. Her Emmy-nominated short USA V SCOTT premiered at Tribeca and was acquired by The New Yorker. She was the cinematographer and editor on MIJA (Sundance, Disney+) and part of the editing team on Elizabeth Lo’s MISTRESS DISPELLER.

Most recently, she directed the short STALIN BOYS, which won both the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize at SXSW 2026 and will premiere on New York Times Op-Docs.