Lydia Cornett
Directing
Lydia Cornett is a documentary filmmaker from Baltimore, Maryland. Her films focus on artistic performance, personal histories, and multilayered characters. In 2019, her film Narmin's Birthday was a recipient of the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre, and her film Yves & Variation premiered at BAMcinemaFest. She was the Valentine & Clark Emerging Artist Fellow at the Jacob Burns Film Center and a CoLab Fellow at UnionDocs. She has worked under filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi (Meru); Brett Story (The Hottest August); and Ken Burns (East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story). As a freelance video producer, she has created content for The New Yorker, Slate Magazine, The Washington Post, Atlas Obscura, and Penguin Random House.
Lydia studied History and Film/Video at Princeton University and is a classically trained violinist & composer.
Known for
Behind the camera9
- 2026TESZTPÁLYA (TEST TRACK) Director, Editor, Writer
- 2025To Use a Mountain Sound Recordist
- 2025Tessitura Director
- 2023Fleshwork Director
- 2021Party Line Director
- 2020Bug Farm Director, Editor
- 2020Caro Comes Out Sound
- 2019Yves & Variation Sound, Director, Editor, Producer
- 2018The Blessings of Aging Additional Camera