Brett Story

For the British footballer, see Brett Storey.

Brett Story is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, most noted for her 2016 film The Prison in Twelve Landscapes.[1]

The film was awarded a $5,000 Special Jury Citation in the Best Canadian Feature Documentary category at the 2016 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival,[2] was the winner of the Colin Low Award for best Canadian documentary at the 2016 DOXA Documentary Film Festival,[3] won the award for Best Canadian Documentary at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016,[4] and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017.[5]

Her 2017 short documentary film CamperForce was adapted from Jessica Bruder's book Nomadland, and influenced Chloé Zhao's 2020 film adaptation.[6]

She followed up in 2019 with The Hottest August.[7]

In 2024, Story co-directed Union alongside Stephen T. Maing exploring the Amazon Labor Union.[8]

She is an assistant professor in film studies at the University of Toronto.

  1. ^ Scott Tobias, "Film Review: ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscapes’". Variety, March 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Norman Wilner, "Hot Docs 2016: And the winners are...". Now, May 10, 2016.
  3. ^ Daniele Alcinii, "'Cameraperson,' 'Twelve Landscapes' take DOXA prizes". RealScreen, May 16, 2016.
  4. ^ Craig Takeuchi, "Local filmmaker Kevan Funk's Hello Destroyer leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards for Canadian films". The Georgia Straight, January 10, 2017.
  5. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "Xavier Dolan film and ’Orphan Black’ lead Canadian Screen Award nominations". London Free Press, January 17, 2017.
  6. ^ Eric Kohn, "‘Nomadland’ Review: Frances McDormand and Chloé Zhao Create Magic in a Lyrical Road Movie". IndieWire, September 11, 2020.
  7. ^ Peter Debruge, "‘The Hottest August’: Film Review ". Variety, December 21, 2019.
  8. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (December 6, 2023). "Sundance Unveils Packed 2024 Lineup That Includes A.I., Pedro Pascal, Kristen Stewart, Satan, Devo & Steven Yeun". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 17, 2024.