6.4
TV
Directing
Rhys Ernst
- Born
- (age 44)
- Birthplace
- North Carolina, USA
- Credits
- 15 titles
Biography
Rhys Ernst is a filmmaker and artist. Ernst was nominated for a 2015 Emmy Award for directing and producing the webseries This Is Me. He created the award-winning trans history web series We’ve Been Around, and is a Producer, Director on Amazon’s Transparent; he also created the Transparent title sequence. Ernst has shown work in the Whitney Biennial, Sundance, Oberhausen, and The Hammer Museum; he has won awards at Outfest, Chicago International Film Festival and the LA Transgender Film Festival; he has won two GLAAD Awards, was a Point Scholar, a Project Involve Fellow, and was awarded the Point Foundation Horizon Award and the ACLU Liberty Award for his work on LGBTQ representation in the media. He lives in Los Angeles and is the director of the forthcoming feature ADAM.
Signature work
Known For
Acting credits 6
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Unison Film | |
| 2018 | Tales from the Closet TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2014 | Transparent TV | Waiter (1 ep) |
| 2012 | She Gone Rogue Film | |
| 2010 | The Owls Film | House Party Guest / Interview |
| 2009 | N Train Film |
Crew credits 13
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Unison Film | Assistant Camera |
| 2021 | Death and Bowling Film | Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Adam Film | Director |
| 2018 | Umbrella Film | Director |
| 2016 | We've Been Around Film | Director |
| 2015 | This Is Me TV | Supervising Producer, Director (5 ep) |
| 2014 | Dear Lou Sullivan Film | Director |
| 2014 | Transparent TV | Director (1 ep) |
| 2012 | The Thing Film | Director, Writer |
| 2012 | She Gone Rogue Film | Director |
| 2009 | N Train Film | Writer, Director |
| 2009 | Secret Men's Club: Moment # 133 Film | Director |
| 2003 | The Drive North Film | Director |