Garrett Bradley

Garrett Bradley (b. New York, NY) is an American artist, educator, and Oscar-nominated filmmaker whose work spans narrative, documentary, and experimental modes of filmmaking to address themes such as race, class, familial relationships and sociopolitical histories within the United States. She received her BA in Religion from Smith College (2003) and her MFA in Film production from UCLA (2012). In 2020, Bradley presented her debut documentary feature length film, “Time,” which was nominated for over 57 awards and won 20 times, including an Oscar Nomination, 2020 Peabody Award and the Best Director Award in the U.S. Documentary Competition category at the Sundance Film Festival, making her the first Black woman in the history of the Festival to win this award. Bradley is cofounder of Creative Council, an artist-led afterschool program aimed at developing strong college art portfolios for students attending public high schools in New Orleans. Creative Council was supported and facilitated through the New Orleans Video Access Center, (NOVAC). Her recent publication, Devotion, is the first in a series of research-led publications on artists by MIT Press and Lisson Gallery and was released in February of 2024. Bradley lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana.