Directing
Brianna Russell
EN cinema · 16 credits
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
Sweetwater
as Donna
Capture Your Heart
Director, Writer
Flight 487
Director
Back to the Closet
as Dancer
Nasaan
Assistant Director
And, Scene
Director, Writer
Black Hole
Director, Writer
Terry
Producer
Don't Let Them In
Producer, Production Manager
Poster Child
Director, Writer
Fairyland
Director, Writer
If Not to Die
Associate Producer
First Position
Script Supervisor
Fishbowl
Production Assistant
Bounce
Production Assistant