Ry Russo Young’s new film YOU WONT MISS ME stars Stella Schnabel and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

After graduating from Oberlin College in 2003, Russo-Young made the Super 8 short film, MARION. A three-screen deconstruction of Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, MARION screened at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival and garnered several awards, including the Jury Award for Best Experimental Film at the 2006 SXSW Film Festival. MARION also screened at galleries and performance spaces and is now available through indiepix.net.

Ry Russo-Young’s feature film debut, ORPHANS, received a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 SXSW Film Festival and screened at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, among others. ORPHANS was released on DVD by Carnivalesque Films and is now available through Netflix and Amazon.

In 2007, Ry appeared as Rocco in HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS, released by IFC Films. In addition, she worked on artist Doug Aitken’s large-scale film installation SLEEPWALKERS, which appeared on the exterior of the Museum of Modern Art in January, 2007.

Ry and her sister Cade were profiled in the 2000 documentary, “Our House.” Her family was also featured in the New York Times Magazine cover story, “Growing Up with Mom and Mom” (October 24, 2004).

Visit Ry’s website: ryrussoyoung.com.

(updated 1/31/09)