Kayla Briët is a 19-year-old self-taught, award-winning filmmaker, composer, musician, and media producer. Her short films have taken her to the White House for the 2014 First-Ever White House Film Festival, where she was invited to meet President Barack Obama, as well as to NYC, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles for awards and film festival screenings. Her work in science and education has been awarded by organizations like ACS, FASEB, and ProjectED, and she was honored by the OC Register as 2014 Film Artist of the Year. She is a 2015 Youth Fellow of the renowned Future of Storytelling conference, a 2015 Sundance Ignite Fellow Finalist, and a public speaker who has presented at Girls Who Code and numerous junior high and high schools in Orange County.
Bushwick Film Festival
