KarynRose Bruyning

KarynRose Bruyning is an award winning writer/director/producer and the "July" in CHRISTMAS IN JULY 1982,( a film and theater production company founded herself and fellow Tuskegee University alum Artemus Jenkins)which is best known for their work with the hit docu-series, P.OP. which would later be licensed by Mass Appeal and the SMOKE AND MIRRORS web series. KarynRose penned a public service announcement for the City of Atlanta entitled TAKE A STAND in 2014. KarynRose has worked as co-creator/ co-writer for the web series BEYOND COMPLICATED with Andrea Lewis, written/directed the well noted short films PERCEPTION, I KNOW THE SUNSET, NEVERTHELESS and executive produced THE COLORED HOSPITAL by Terrance Daye. Her films have been screened at various film festivals including Academy Award eligible Reel Sisters Film Festival. In January 2020, KarynRose Bruyning founded PRONOUNCED BRUYNING, a solo production company which debuted with -SHIP: A Visual Poem , written and directed by Daye and produced by Bruyning which went on to win Sundance Grand Jury Award for US Fiction Award in the same year and later went on to nominated to Vimeo Best of The Year, WEBBY Award as well as win The Wrap: Shortlist Industry Award. In December of 2020, Bruyning teamed up with 7x Emmy Award winning writer/director/ editor, Bobby Yan to produce xxVISISBLE , a film sharing the Chinese American family's experience during the beginning of the pandemic, under the Trump administration. xxVISIBLE went on to receive 8 Official Selections and to win 2 BEST OF awards during its time in the festival circuit. In 2022, the award winning short film UPTOWN, The Way God Intended, written and directed by Bruyning , became a Vimeo Staff Pick.