Brittany Alexia Young is a Florida-born filmmaker based in LA whose mission is to make coming-of-age films following black, queer protagonists through a lens that diverges from traumatic plot expectations. She loves putting all of her passions together through a multitude of visual mediums! Following her career playing Division 1 lacrosse at the University of Delaware, she earned her MFA at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts, where she was honored with the program’s coveted Strickland Pathfinder Award. Her student films have screened at numerous festivals including the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, where she earned the Kathy Reichgerdt Inspiration Award! Her most recent project 'MUNCHIES’ has been supported by the WAVE Grant, Inside Out’s Re: Focus Fund, and Decentralized Picture’s Keslow Camera Award.