Janicza Bravo is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter.
14 Facts About Janicza Bravo
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Janicza Bravo's films include Gregory Go Boom, a winner of the short-film jury award at the Sundance Film Festival; Lemon, co-written with Brett Gelman; and Zola, co-written with playwright Jeremy O Harris.
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Janicza Bravo's mother enlisted in the US military when Bravo was an infant.
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Janicza Bravo spent time going back and forth between the United States and Panama throughout her childhood.
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Janicza Bravo attended the Playwrights Horizons Theater School of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she majored in directing and design for theater, which included costume and set design.
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Janicza Bravo got her start writing and directing a series of short films.
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Janicza Bravo worked with JASH to produce and release the film online.
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In 2015, Janicza Bravo shot a featurette on Victoria Beckham for Glamours 25th Anniversary Women of the Year Awards called "Victoria Beckham Is Living a Life Filled with Style and Grace".
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In 2016, Janicza Bravo released the short film, Hard World for Small Things, a live-action virtual reality film that was a "day in the life" depiction of South Central.
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Also in 2016, Janicza Bravo took the short, Woman in Deep, to the 2016 SXSW Film Festival.
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In 2016, Janicza Bravo directed her first feature, an independent film called Lemon, which she co-wrote with then-husband Brett Gelman.
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In 2022, Janicza Bravo was one of nine directors commissioned to design a series of rooms at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art for the exhibition In America: An Anthology of Fashion.
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In December 2015, Janicza Bravo married her long-time boyfriend, actor Brett Gelman.
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Gelman and Janicza Bravo met in New York City while working on a New York Lotto commercial.