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Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-born, NY based filmmaker.

Her award-winning work focuses on women-driven and queer stories. Brydie’s most recent film LOVE, BARBARA (2022) won the Grand Jury Prize for Short Documentary at Outfest and was nominated for an IDA award. Brydie’s work has been supported by SFFILM, Hot Docs, Dok.Leipzig, Ji.hlava IDFF, NYFA, NYSCA, Brooklyn Arts Council, DocsBarcelona, The Future of Film Is Female, and ArtsKC, and has been presented at The Museum of Modern Art, BFI, & DOC NYC, among others. Most recently, Brydie was selected as the recipient of the Hulu/Kartemquin Accelerator, and she is developing two new projects in the UFO Short Film Lab. She is a graduate of The George Washington University, and has developed her work at both the Arts Letters & Numbers Residency (2022), the Provincetown Film Society Queer Filmmakers Residency (2024), and the On:View Residency (2024) in Savannah, GA.  Brydie is currently in production on her debut feature documentary on pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, executive produced by Killer Films.

As an Archival Producer, Brydie’s credits include LIFE AFTER (2025) Dir. Reid Davenport, I'M YOUR VENUS (Tribeca, 2024), SATISFIED (Tribeca, 2024), LONG TIME SUN (SXSW, 2024), BREAKING FORM (Dance on Camera Lincoln Center, 2024), SEX BEFORE THE INTERNET Season 2 (Vice, 2023), WHERE JAZZ LIVES (Lincoln Center, 2022), and a forthcoming documentary feature in post-production for HBO, in addition to THE SOUND OF THE STONEWALL UPRISING (2024) for the debut installation of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center in NYC. 

CV upon request.