Brydie O'Connor

Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-born, NYC based filmmaker. Her work activates archives through queering storytelling structures within the nonfiction space. Brydie’s work has been presented at Sundance, Berlinale, BFI, Hot Docs, and The Museum of Modern Art, among other festivals and galleries worldwide. Her debut feature documentary, BARBARA FOREVER, was awarded the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, and won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2026 Berlinale. Brydie also received the Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker at the 64th Ann Arbor Fil…