Courtlin Byrd is a filmmaker and media artist. Her work has been shown at film festivals such as New Filmmakers New York, Buffalo International, and Hallucinea, as well as in galleries such as Public Works Administration and Mery Gates.
Her films utilize both shot and found footage, word play, and associative editing to consider themes of cultural existentialism and interpersonal desire.
Her recent interactive works have ecological issues at the forefront and include visual programming and sonic responses to European bird song and Alaskan brown bear movement.
Originally from East Tennessee, she studied film at Vanderbilt University and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Following school, she worked as a bartender for many years to support her habit of making film and video work outside the industry.
She currently resides in Ridgewood, Queens, and works as the Associate Media Producer and Editor at The Frick Collection in New York, keyframing her way across photos of paintings.
contact: courtlin.byrd@gmail.com home