Rhys Ernst
Born: 1982-01-01 in North Carolina, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
Rhys Ernst is a filmmaker and artist. Ernst was nominated for a 2015 Emmy Award for directing and producing the webseries This Is Me. He created the award-winning trans history web series We’ve Been Around, and is a Producer, Director on Amazon’s Transparent; he also created the Transparent title sequence. Ernst has shown work in the Whitney Biennial, Sundance, Oberhausen, and The Hammer Museum; he has won awards at Outfest, Chicago International Film Festival and the LA Transgender Film Festival; he has won two GLAAD Awards, was a Point Scholar, a Project Involve Fellow, and was awarded the Point Foundation Horizon Award and the ACLU Liberty Award for his work on LGBTQ representation in the media. He lives in Los Angeles and is the director of the forthcoming feature ADAM.
Filmography
2021
- Death and Bowling ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Adam ... (Director)
2018
- Tales from the Closet as Self
- Umbrella ... (Director)
2016
- We've Been Around ... (Director)
2015
- This Is Me ... (Director)
2014
- Transparent as Waiter
- Dear Lou Sullivan ... (Director)
2012
- The Thing ... (Director)
- She Gone Rogue
2010
- The Owls as House Party Guest / Interview
2009
- N Train
- Secret Men's Club: Moment # 133 ... (Director)
2003
- The Drive North ... (Director)