Mylissa Fitzsimmons is an award-winning writer and director known for intimate, character-driven micro-budget films. Raised in Utah and Oregon, she began her creative path photographing bands and making skate videos before starting her filmmaking career in Seattle’s music scene.
She 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, a Bend Film Basecamp Fellow, and her feature Mackenzie is a U.S. in Progress winning film at the American Film Festival in Poland.
Mylissa’s debut feature, Everything in the End (2021), shot in Iceland, screened at over 40 festivals and won multiple awards including Best Narrative Feature, Best Directing, and Best Cinematography. Her second feature, The Long Run, (2025) won numerous awards. Her third feature, Mackenzie, based on a true story from her childhood is slated to be released in 2026.