Rhys Ernst

Rhys Ernst

Known For
Directing

Details

Known For
Directing

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.

Rhys Ernst's LGBTQ+ Titles

Adam
Adam
Director

Acting (6)

Unison
2018
Tales From the Closet as Self (1 episode)
2014
Transparent as Waiter (1 episode)
2012
She Gone Rogue
2010
The Owls as House Party Guest / Interview
2009
N Train

Directing (11)

2019
Adam • Director
• Director
2018
Umbrella • Director
• Director
2016
We've Been Around • Director
• Director
2015
This Is Me • Director (5 episodes)
• Director (5 episodes)
2014
Dear Lou Sullivan • Director
• Director
2014
Transparent • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2012
The Thing • Director
• Director
2012
She Gone Rogue • Director
• Director
2009
N Train • Director
• Director
2009
Secret Men's Club: Moment # 133 • Director
• Director
2003
The Drive North • Director
• Director

Production (2)

2021
Death and Bowling • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2015
This Is Me • Supervising Producer (5 episodes)
• Supervising Producer (5 episodes)

Writing (2)

2012
The Thing • Writer
• Writer
2009
N Train • Writer
• Writer

Camera (1)

Unison • Assistant Camera
• Assistant Camera