Brianna Russell
Directing
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
Behind the camera14
- 2025Black Hole Director, Writer
- 2025And, Scene Director, Writer
- 2025Nasaan Assistant Director
- 2024Watermelon Social Producer
- 2024Don't Let Them In Producer, Production Manager
- 2024Terry Producer
- 2023Fairyland Director, Writer
- 2023If Not to Die Associate Producer
- 2023Poster Child Writer, Director
- 2023First Position