About Brielle Carroll

 

I am a film and theater director with a Bachelor's Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University 2021 (film directing major, theater arts minor)

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Throughout my time at FDU, I learned post production within Adobe Premiere, screenwriting and playwriting, acting, and of course, directing.

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I have won a few awards from film festivals with my senior thesis short film The Magician, which you can read more about and watch on the next page. Along with that, you can see the laurels from festivals evergrowing.

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as of April 2024: Awards Best Director Student Film at Venice Under The Stars IFF (2024)

Best Student Film at Cannes World Art Festival (2023)

Best Student Film at Indiefare IFF (2022)

Best Student Film at Delta IFF (2022)​

Best Student Film at Reale Film Festival (2021)

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Nominee for SENSEI Film Fest (2023), FilmHaus (2023), MAGMA (2023)

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My Passion for Filmmaking...

started at an early age. From making a video project for a class presentation, to a book trailer, to filming and editing my own YouTube videos. Most notably, when I was in the 7th grade my friends and I re filmed The Hunger Games. We were kids, there were some hurdles. But I casted, directed, acted in, and filmed it with a camcorder in my backyard. My old friend, who played Katniss converted the book into a script, meticulously including the parts in the book that were left out of the major motion picture. Everyone got so excited, our parents supported us as we would meet every weekend to plan and film something. Looking back, while this project was unfinished, as an adult who has gone through film school and worked in the industry of the biggest companies in the game? All we needed was the industry knowledge to propel us forward. It would’ve been done! With what I’ve accomplished and know today? That would’ve been fine tuned, but it sure was one hell of a start.​

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It's easy to forego your passions, to settle for positions that you don't fully align with, in order to be in the room. Graduating into the pandemic, I've worked in the art department, as a construction PA, and art PA, and an Art Coordinator. These positions gave me a perspective of what goes on behind the scenes with different departments, and has fine tuned a keen eye for interior design. But, while it's been fun to explore, I am being called back to my passion to direct, to be a leader. 

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My name is Brielle Carroll, and I am a director.

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