About

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Brianna Russell

Overview

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.

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Acting
2025 Back to the Closet Actor Dancer N/A
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Sweetwater Actor Donna N/A
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Directing
2025 And, Scene Directing Director N/A
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2025 Nasaan Directing Assistant Director N/A
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2023 Poster Child Directing Director N/A
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Fairyland Directing Director N/A
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Capture Your Heart Directing Director N/A
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Flight 487 Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2025 And, Scene Writing Writer N/A
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2023 Poster Child Writing Writer N/A
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Capture Your Heart Writing Writer N/A
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Fairyland Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2024 Watermelon Social Production Producer N/A
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2023 If Not to Die Production Associate Producer N/A
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Terry Production Producer N/A
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