Mylissa Fitzsimmons is an award-winning filmmaker residing in Los Angeles, CA. Raised in Utah and Oregon, she began her creative career documenting bands and skateboarding culture before transitioning into filmmaking.
Her debut feature, Everything in the End (2021), shot in Iceland, screened at over 40 festivals winning multiple awards, including Best Narrative Feature & Best Directing. She followed with The Long Run (2023), which also received numerous festival awards. Her third feature, Mackenzie, based on a true story from her childhood, is slated for release in 2026 and was recognized as a U.S. in Progress award winner at the American Film Festival in Poland.
Mylissa is a Sun Valley Film Festival Short Film Lab winner, a Reykjavík Talent Lab alum, a Lynn Shelton Grant finalist, a Ryan Murphy Half Initiative mentee, and a Bend Film Basecamp Fellow. Her work is defined by a naturalistic style, known for intimate, character-driven stories with themes that focus on connection, isolation, and the quiet complexity of everyday life.