Directories

After receiving her BFA with honors in film and television production from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Brett Levner got her start at MTV where she worked her way up from intern to producer while creating episodes of popular shows like True Life, Diary, and Made.

She attended Columbia University’s heralded graduate film program where she honed her filmmaking craft writing and directing numerous award-winning short films. She became the first woman to win the Coca Cola Refreshing Filmmaker Award in 2004, with her film Being Reel. The film went on to be screened on 21,000 movie screens across the country and has been added to the permanent collection of the Department of Film and Video at the Museum of Modern Art.

After graduating with honors from Columbia with an MFA in directing, Levner directed an independent feature film entitled Crystal River starring Sean Patrick Flannery, and directed the music video for O.A.R.’s hit song Lay Down, which took home the MTV Woodie Award for Most Screened Video. In addition, she received the Comedy Central Award for Best Comedy Screenplay for her feature-length script, “Snow Whites of Suburbia” and produced on several hit shows including The First 48, Bridezillas, The Shift, My Super Sweet Sixteen, and Flip This House.