Brian L. Frye

Brian L. Frye
Frye speaking in 2012
Born
Brian Lawrence Frye

c. 1970
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (BA)
San Francisco Art Institute (MFA)
Georgetown University Law Center
New York University School of Law (JD)
Occupations
  • Independent filmmaker
  • artist
  • law professor
Spouses
  • Penny Lane
Maybell Romero
(m. 2020)

Brian Lawrence Frye (born c. 1970) is an American independent filmmaker, artist, and law professor. His work includes Our Nixon, for which he served as a producer with his ex-wife, Penny Lane.[1] His film Oona's Veil is included in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of Art,[2] and his writings on film and art have appeared in The New Republic, Film Comment, Cineaste, Millennium Film Journal, and The Village Voice.[3] Filmmaker Magazine listed him as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film 2012.[4] He currently is the Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he teaches courses on civil procedure, intellectual property, copyright, and nonprofit organizations.[5] Frye is currently a visiting professor at Tulane University Law School where his spouse, Maybell Romero, is the McGlinchey Stafford Associate Professor of Law. He is a vocal critic of the bar exams and refers to his course on professional responsibility as "Managing the Legal Cartel"[6]

  1. ^ "Tribeca Film Institute". www.tfiny.org. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  2. ^ "Brian Frye | Oona's Veil". whitney.org. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ "Artist | Vtape". www.vtape.org. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  4. ^ "25 New Faces of 2012". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ^ "Brian L. Frye | UK College of Law". law.uky.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  6. ^ @brianlfrye (July 5, 2020). "Ahem. Bar examiners are clowns. State bars are clowns. The bar exam is a sick joke. I call my professional responsibility class 'Managing the Legal Cartel' for a reason. If nothing else, I hope the pandemic prompts some reform. But I am not optimistic" (Tweet) – via Twitter.