Kryzz Gautier || Writer & Director ||

About

 

Kryzz Gautier is a queer, Afro-Latina writer/director born and raised in the Dominican Republic. As the only child of a disabled mother, Kryzz spent most of her formative years entertaining herself, which developed her penchant for creating complex worlds filled with three-dimensional characters. After high school, she immigrated to the United States to pursue a BA in Directing Narrative Fiction from Emerson. Soon after graduating, her legal status lapsed, and she spent the next half a decade living as an undocumented immigrant.

Since becoming a permanent resident, some of Kryzz’s accomplishments include writing for HBO's critically lauded series GORDITA CHRONICLES and working as a writer/creative consultant on the upcoming installment of 2K Games’ celebrated franchise BIOSHOCK. Her feature debut, WHEELS COME OFF, earned a place on the prestigious 2021 Black List and is being produced by Julie Oh at OhCo. Additionally, Kryzz has sold multiple shows and features to prominent studios, some of which she'll be directing herself.

Kryzz's remarkable talent has garnered acclaim and recognition from prestigious fellowships in industry-leading programs such as Netflix’s 2023 “Directors On The Rise”, NBC’s “Female Forward” for scripted TV directors, Ryan Murphy's "Half Initiative", Joey Soloway's "Disruptors," the Sundance Institute, The Academy's Nicholl Fellowship, McDonald’s “Spotlight Dorado”, and the DGA, among others. Her award-winning work has gained international acclaim, with her films screening at numerous Academy Award, BAFTA, and Canadian Screen Awards qualifying festivals like Fantasia, Outfest, and Frameline. Her latest short film, "KEEP/DELETE," won the HBO/Warner Bros. Discovery’s Short Film Competition and is streaming on HBO Max.

Kryzz calls Los Angeles home, where she lives with her wife and navigates the challenge of being allergic to animals.

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