Ry Russo-Young

Directing

Ry Russo-Young

Born 1981-11-16 · New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  Ry Russo-Young (born November 16, 1981) is an American independent filmmaker. Her film You Wont Miss Me appeared at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 and won a Gotham Award for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You. Her first feature, Orphans, won a special jury prize at South by Southwest in 2007. Her short film Marion, won several awards including a Silver Hugo for Best Experimental Short at the Chicago Independent Film Festival. She also appeared in Joe Swanberg's Hannah Takes the Stairs. She attended Oberlin College and Saint Ann's School. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ry Russo-Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Before I Fall poster
7.0

Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.

Before I Fall

2017

The Sun Is Also a Star poster
6.9

Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

The Sun Is Also a Star

2019

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NR

teen drama series based on Lauren Oliver's novel, about graduating seniors in a small Texas town who play a dangerous game of challenges for a cash prize, with the first season telling a complete story and leading to its cancellation after one season. The show stars Olivia Welch, Mike Faist, and Jessica Sula, and follows protagonist Heather Nill as she's forced to play the high-stakes game, confronting her fears and rivals like Dodge.

PANIC

2021

Nobody Walks poster
4.8

A young woman's arrival sparks a surge of energy into a laid-back, artistic Los Angeles household, forcing the residents to confront their own fears and desires in an intricate dance of lust, denial and deception.

Nobody Walks

2012

Nobody Walks poster
4.8

A young woman's arrival sparks a surge of energy into a laid-back, artistic Los Angeles household, forcing the residents to confront their own fears and desires in an intricate dance of lust, denial and deception.

Nobody Walks

2012

Marion poster
5.0

Three separate women play Marion in three scenes based upon Alfred Hitchcock's PSYCHO. The Marions are split up onto three separate screens.

Marion

2005

You Wont Miss Me poster
4.9

A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

You Wont Miss Me

2009

You Wont Miss Me poster
4.9

A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.

You Wont Miss Me

2009

Orphans poster
5.0

Two estranged, twenty-something sisters reunite five years after the death of their parents, and soon revisit their treacherous history.

Orphans

2007

Orphans poster
5.0

Two estranged, twenty-something sisters reunite five years after the death of their parents, and soon revisit their treacherous history.

Orphans

2007

The Serena Variations poster
NR

A young violin prodigy is manipulated and pushed to her psychological breaking point by the composer she adores.

The Serena Variations

2024

The Last Animal poster
NR

Two sisters discover a 4000-year-old baby mammoth during their mother’s scientific expedition.

The Last Animal