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.
Credits
Credits
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Production (role)CompanyProject details
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Production (role): NOTHING ELSE MATTRESSCompany: RevloverProject details: Writer/Director
Original screenplay
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Production (role)CompanyProject details
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Production (role): MORITZ AND THE WOODWOSECompany:Project details: Fantasy Drama
Best Short Film - Full Moon Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, Romania
Best Short Film - San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, USA
Cluj Shorts Trophy - Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival, Romania
Jury Prize - Kontrast Film Festival Bayreuth, Germany
Best Film - Video/Film Tage Koblenz, Germany
Special Mention of the Youth Jury- Brest European Short Film Festival, France
Special Mention of the Jury - Granada International Film Festival, Spain -
Production (role): JONAH AND THE VICARIOUS NATURE OF HOMESICKNESSCompany: Anna Wendt FilmproduktionProject details: Short Screenplay
Absurdist sci-fi comedy-drama
Winner of Berlin Today Award at 2010 Berlinale (Jury led by Stepan Daldry)
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Production (role): FILM FOR THE BOXEDCompany: Griffith Film School Graduation FilmProject details: Sci-Fi coming-of-age story
BeTV Award - Brussels International Fantasy Film Festival, Belgium
Best Director - Queensland New Filmmakers Awards, Australia
2nd Prize - Next Reel International Student Film Festival, Singapore
3rd Prize - Wodz International Mediaschool Festival, Poland
Audience Award - Beijing Film Academy Student Film Festival, China
Best Screenplay, Best VFX, Best Sound, Best Cinematography - Griffith Film School Awards, Australia
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Production (role)Project details
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Production (role): ALCOHOLIC FAITH MISSION "Legacy"Project details: Featured in Future Shorts
Screened at over 60 international film festivals
Best Music Video - Sehsüchte International Film Festival, Germany
Best Music Video - Low & No Budget Short Film Festival, Germany
20 min max Award - 20 min max Short Film Festival, Germany
Frequenze in Corto Award - Corti da Sogni International Short Film Festival, Italy
2nd Prize - 20th Greifswald Short Film Festival, Germany
Audience Award - Videonale, Germany
Special Mention of the Jury - Rome Independent Film Festival, Italy
Special Mention of the Jury - Clare Valley Film Festival, Australia
Highly Commended - Magma Short Film Festival, New Zealand
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TRAINING AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMMES:
Torino Film Lab Script&Pitch, Belgium, France, Italy 2014
Zürich Film Festival Master Class, Switzerland 2013
Generation Campus Script Lab, Russia 2013
Artist-in-residence, Genau! Sardinia, Italy & Germany 2012
Guest speaker, Amandus Youth Film Festival, Norway 2011
Apulia Film Commission Puglia Experience Script Lab, Italy 2011
Nipkow Programm, Germany 2011
Locarno Summer Academy, Switzerland 2010
Berlinale Talent Campus, Germany 2009
Artist-in-residence, Culturia, Germany 2008
Bachelor of Film Production, Griffith Film School, Australia 2006
Masterclass, Queensland Actors Playhouse, Australia 2005
Masterclass, Australian Acting Academy, Australia 2003