A queer and trans nonfiction director and producer originally from Chicago's South Side, currently based in Brooklyn, interested in participatory and process-based projects.
About
Brit Fryer (he/him) is a queer and trans nonfiction director and producer originally from Chicago's South Side, currently based in Brooklyn, NY. His unique approach to nonfiction filmmaking explores gender and queerness through process-forward and participatory methods. He is the director of CARO COMES OUT, which premiered on HBOMax after winning the Knight Made in MIA Award at the Miami International Film Festival. His other films include Vimeo Staff Pick ACROSS, BEYOND AND OVER, and TRANS·IENCE.
His most recent film, THE SCRIPT, co-directed with Noah Schamus, examines the intricate dynamics between the trans and nonbinary communities and medical practitioners at the site of language. Recently, he was a producer on Crystal Kayiza’s REST STOP, which won the Short Film Jury Award for US Fiction at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. He also worked as a producer on Lydia Cornett’s BUG FARM and Noah Schamus’s KIND OF.
He is grateful to have shown work at CPH: DOX, Indie Grits, NewFest, BFI Flare, Outfest, Inside Out, MIX NYC, and Blackstar. He has received essential support from organizations, fellowships, and residencies such as The Sundance Institute, PBS, POV, Creative Culture, Chicken & Egg, Yaddo, GLAAD, Film Fatales, HBO Documentary Films, and The Gotham Film and Media Institute. He is currently a 2023 Dear Producer Award Mentee and a BRICLab Artists-in-Residence.