Will is an award-winning director from Arlington, Virginia. In 2008 he produced and directed a documentary in the Peruvian Amazon, commissioned by Project Amazonas, which was televised internationally (Peru, Brazil, USA). His music videos for Nickelus F and Chanelle Ray have been featured on MTV and VH1, as well as honored by Vimeo as Staff Picks. His advertisements for industrial laser alignment company VibrAlign won three Telly Awards in 2014 and 2015.
His animated short "Optimist, Pessimist, Solipsist" was shown at The 2015 Ann Arbor Film Festival, The 2014 Virginia Film Festival, and The 2014 James River Shorts Festival where it was honored with first place. Will is currently preparing to shoot his first narrative feature film in Richmond in fall of 2016, while piecing together his ongoing project "Everything That Rises: Stories of Southern Ghosts," a feature documentary co-directed by his sister, folklorist and author Sarah Bryan.
Optimist, Pessimist, Solipsist
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Film (short)
by Will Bryan (Animation)
Director, Writer, Producer A frustrated receptionist fantasizes about her own funeral. A pyromaniac opens a pizza restaurant after having a conversation with his dead mother. A concert pianist saves the universe from annihilation. The inner lives of these three characters are explored in this animated film.
TELLY AWARD (branded content, web) ONEPROD "HAWK" COMMERICAL (writer, director, producer)
(2015)
TELLY AWARD (branded content, web) FIXTURLASER "HANDS" COMMERCIAL (writer, director, producer)
(2014)
TELLY AWARD (business to business) FIXTURLASER "HANDS" COMMERCIAL (writer, director, producer)
(2014)
JAMES RIVER FILM FESTIVAL (BEST IN SHOW) "Optimist, Pessimist, Solipsist" (writer, director, producer, animator)
(2014)
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