Ry Russo-Young

Ry Russo-Young
Russo-Young in 2012
Born (1981-11-16) November 16, 1981
Alma materOberlin College
Known forfilmmaker

Ry Russo-Young is an American filmmaker and producer, originally from New York City. Her early independent work has been associated with the mumblecore genre, though she has gone on to direct wide-release feature films Before I Fall (2017) and The Sun Is Also a Star (2019) as well as high profile documentary projects Nuclear Family (2021), Call Her Alex (2025), and episodic television (And Just Like That..., Shrinking).