Pavich's first film as director was N.Y.H.C., a feature-length documentary about the New York hardcore music scene.
At Fantastic Fest, the film won both the Audience Award and Best Documentary prizes.
[6] In 2014, the film was released in US theaters by Sony Pictures Classics,[7] and was short listed for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
[8] It currently maintains a rating of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it one of the best-reviewed films that year.
[9] In January 2023, Pavich published an essay in The New York Times related to Jodorowsky's Dune (and more) that involved artwork generated by artificial intelligence (A.I.)