Kryzz Gautier is a queer, Afro-Latina writer/director born and raised in the Dominican Republic. As the only child of a disabled mother, Kryzz spent most of her formative years entertaining herself, which developed her penchant for creating complex worlds filled with three-dimensional characters. She injects this distinctive and colorful background into her novel sci-fi narratives and character-driven dramas. After high school, she immigrated to the United States to pursue a BA in Directing Narrative Fiction from Emerson. Soon after graduating, her legal status lapsed, and she spent the next half a decade living as an undocumented immigrant.
Since becoming a citizen, some of Kryzz’s accomplishments include writing for HBO's critically lauded series GORDITA CHRONICLES and working as a writer/creative consultant on the upcoming installment of 2K Games’ celebrated video game franchise BIOSHOCK. She has developed with or sold projects to studios like Sony, Universal, Stage 13, and Film4, among others. A number of her projects have been distributed by HBO Max, Hulu, and DUST. Her feature script WHEELS COME OFF is the first in The Black List's 20-year history to appear on three separate lists: The Annual List 2021, The Black List: The GLAAD List 2024, and The Black List: The Disability List 2024. The film is being produced by Sergio Lira, Lynette Coll, and Cristobal Güell at Luz Films, with Kryzz attached to direct.
Kryzz's remarkable talent has garnered acclaim and recognition from prestigious fellowships in industry-leading programs such as Netflix’s 2023 “Directors On The Rise”, NBC’s “Female Forward” for scripted TV directors, Starz’s #TakeTheLead, Ryan Murphy's "Half Initiative", Joey Soloway's "Disruptors," the Sundance Institute, The Academy's Nicholl Fellowship, McDonald’s “Spotlight Dorado”, and the DGA, among others. Her award-winning work has gained international acclaim, with her films screening at numerous Academy Award, BAFTA, and Canadian Screen Awards qualifying festivals like Fantasia, Outfest, and Urbanword, Frameline. Her short film, "KEEP/DELETE," won the HBO/Warner Bros. Discovery’s Short Film Competition.
Kryzz calls Los Angeles home, where she lives with her wife and navigates the challenge of being allergic to animals.