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.
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.