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The Script

Directors

Brit Fryer, Noah Schamus

Executive Producers

J Wortham, Anya Rous, Jenni Wolfson, Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch

Producers

Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney

Editors

Viridiana Lieberman, Grace Mendenhall

Cinematographers

Pete Quandt, Rikki Porter

Blending personal interviews with dramatized genre recreations, The Script explores the complicated relationship between trans and nonbinary communities and medical providers regarding gender-affirming care. With a playful approach toward experimentation, the film examines the limits of language — and invites its participants and its audience to envision a liberated, gender-expansive future, beyond the rigidity of our current moment.

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Noah Schamus

Co-Director, The Script

Noah Schamus is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker of documentary and narrative films. Their short films have been presented at film festivals including BFI Flare, Outfest, Inside Out, NewFest, Indie Memphis, Maryland Film Festival, Provincetown Film Festival, and New Orleans Film Festival (where their short film, Chemistry of Mood garnered an Honorable Mention for Best Performance by Naian Gonzalez Norvind). Across, Beyond, and Over, co-directed with Brit Fryer, was featured on NoBudge and is a Vimeo Staff Pick. They are currently in post-production on their first narrative feature film, Summer Solstice which was the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Program grant, was included in the 2021 Outfest Screenwriting Lab as a Notable Writer, and was selected to take part in Us in Progress at the American Film Festival in November 2022. They hold an MFA from Columbia University in Screenwriting and Directing.

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Brit Fryer

Co-Director, The Script

Brit Fryer is an award-winning queer and trans filmmaker based in Brooklyn. His film, Caro Comes Out, premiered on HBOMax after winning the 2021 Knight Made in MIA Award at the Miami International Film Festival. His other films include Across, Beyond, and Over, I-57, and trans·ience. He also works as a producer, most recently of Lydia Cornett’s Bug Farm and Crystal Kayiza’s Rest Stop, which was an official selection of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. He is grateful to have shown at Indie Grits, NewFest, Outfest, Inside Out, MIX NYC, Blackstar Film Festival, and more. Brit and his work have been supported by the Sundance Ignite Fellowship, Creative Culture, Chicken and Egg, GLAAD’s Equity in Media and Entertainment Initiative, and HBO / Gotham’s Documentary Development Initiative.