Known For
Directing
Credits
16 titles
Brianna Russell
Biography
Brianna Russell is a screenwriter and director based out of Clarke’s Beach, Newfoundland. Her work focuses on queerness in media, genre filmmaking, as well as the history and folklore of her childhood home. Brianna’s films have premiered at national and international film festivals, including the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival. She was a quarterfinalist in the Outstanding Screenplay Competition for her feature film script POSTER CHILD, and her short of the same name premiered at the Closing Night Gala of SJIWFF, ahead of Fawzia Mirza’s THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS. Brianna is the 2022 recipient of the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award, an alumni of the WIDC Career Advancement Module, and a participant in the 2024 Whistler Film Festival Screenwriters Lab. She is a current resident of the Canadian Film Centre's Norman Jewison Screenwriters Lab.
Known For
Filmography
Black Hole
Director
And, Scene
Director
Back to the Closet
Dancer
Nasaan
Assistant Director
Watermelon Social
Producer
Don't Let Them In
Producer
Terry
Producer
Fairyland
Director
If Not to Die
Associate Producer
Poster Child
Writer
First Position
Script Supervisor
Bounce
Production Assistant
Fishbowl
Production Assistant
Flight 487
Director
Sweetwater
Donna
Capture Your Heart
Director