Bretten Hannam

Bretten Hannam

Known For
Directing

Details

Known For
Directing

Biography

Bretten Hannam is a two-spirit L’nu filmmaker living in Kespukwitk, Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) where they were raised. They wrote and directed the shorts New Skin (08), Puppy (10), Deep End (11), and Elmiteskuatl (19), and the features North Mountain (15) and Wildhood (21), which played the Festival. Skɨte’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts) (25) is their latest film.

Bretten Hannam's LGBTQ+ Titles

Wildhood
Wildhood
Director

Directing (8)

2025
At the Place of Ghosts • Director
• Director
2023
Mawitai’kw • Director
• Director
2022
Wildhood • Director
• Director
2019
Elmiteskuatl • Director
• Director
2019
Wildfire • Director
• Director
2015
North Mountain • Director
• Director
2013
Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble • Director
• Director
2011
Deep End • Director
• Director

Production (4)

2022
Wildhood • Producer
• Producer
2019
Wildfire • Co-Producer
• Co-Producer
2015
North Mountain • Producer
• Producer
2014
I Am Syd Stone • Associate Producer
• Associate Producer

Editing (2)

2013
Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble • Editor
• Editor
2011
Deep End • Editor
• Editor

Writing (7)

2025
At the Place of Ghosts • Writer
• Writer
2022
Wildhood • Writer
• Writer
2019
Elmiteskuatl • Writer
• Writer
2019
Wildfire • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2015
North Mountain • Writer
• Writer
2013
Boys On Film 9: Youth in Trouble • Writer
• Writer
2011
Deep End • Writer
• Writer