Bryn Chainey

Bryn was born in London before moving to Brisbane as a teenager. He trained on a scholarship at the Australian Acting Academy to then become an acting coach at the school, directing over 50 short stageplays and films over three years.

From 2004-2006 he attended the Griffith Film School, focusing on his writing and directing. His graduation short film, ‘Film for the Boxed’, a sci-fi coming-of-age story, won multiple awards.

In 2009 he attended the Berlinale Talent Campus where his short screenplay ‘Jonah and the Vicarious Nature of Homesickness’ was shortlisted for the Berlin Today Award emerging director’s prize. The film is an absurdist sci-fi comedy-drama, produced by Anna Wendt Filmproduktion. The culmination of this success was winning the Berlin Today Award at the 2010 Berlinale, from a jury led by Stephen Daldry.

Bryn’s next short, ‘Moritz and the Woodwose’, a fantasy drama, premiered at the 2013 Warsaw Film Festival and was one of six shorts chosen for the Teen Spirit section of the 2014 Edinburgh International Film Festival. It has screened in over 50 festivals.

Bryn has also directed music videos for artists including Jonathan Jeremiah, Fenster, and Aloa Input. His video for ‘Legacy’ by Danish band Alcoholic Faith Mission was featured by Future Shorts and screened in over 60 international film festivals, winning multiple awards.