Lucy Kerr

Lucy Kerr is a filmmaker, choreographer, and artist from Texas and based in New York. She was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film in Filmmaker Magazine in 2022. Her debut feature film, Family Portrait, garnered her the Boccalino d’Oro for Best Director at Locarno Film festival, the Best Director Award from Black Canvas Film Festival, the Best Picture, Best Actress, and the Best Artistic Contribution (Camera, Sound, Production Design) Awards from Hainan Island International Film Festival. The film made its theatrical premiere at Metrograph after making its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival and screening at festivals including Chicago International Film Festival, El Gouna Film Festival, American Film Festival, Mannheim-Heidelberg, D’A Film Festival, Fest de Films de Femmes, among others. The film was lauded by the press for being “highly cinematic…an intoxicating portrait” - The Hollywood Reporter, “quietly haunting” - Screen Daily, and “one of this year's best” - The Village Voice.

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  Weeping Rocks

  Producer

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  Crashing Waves

  Director

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  Sensible Ecstasy

  2019

• The Passions of Angela Simmons

  Director

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  How to Live Together

  Jennifer

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  My Little Nothing

  Director

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  Site of Passage

  Director

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  Family Portrait

  Director

• 2026My Little NothingDirector
• 2025Weeping RocksProducer
• 2025How to Live TogetherJennifer
• 2023Family PortraitDirector
• 2022Site of PassageDirector
• 2021Crashing WavesDirector
• 2019Sensible Ecstasy
• —The Passions of Angela SimmonsDirector