Lucy Kerr is a filmmaker, artist, and choreographer from Texas and currently 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 feature film grant from Austin Film Society, the AirFrance Prize from FIDLab, and the New Horizons Award from US in Progress. 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, among many others. Kerr’s short films have screened at IFFRotterdam, FIDMarseille, San Sebastian International Film Festival, DocLisboa, and others. As a performance and installation artist, Kerr’s work has been presented by LA Dance Project, California Institute of the Arts, La Mama Galleria, SFMoMa, The Brooklyn Museum, The MAK Centeer Los Angeles, The Chimney NYC, The McEvoy Center for the Arts, among others. Kerr was a 2023 Flaherty Fellow, an Ikusmira Berriak resident at San Sebastian Film Festival, and she was on the short film jury at the 2023 El Gouna Film Festival in Egypt. Kerr was Visiting Assistant Professor of Filmmaking and Film Studies at Le Moyne College from 2021-2023 and she has taught at California Institute of the Arts. Kerr has conducted workshops at UnionDocs and Navel and guest artist visits at Columbia, the New School, Syracuse University, CalArts, and the University of Texas.
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