Person profile
Ry Russo-Young
Woke Score
54/ 100
Lower is better
70 personal • 25 work
- Published titles
- 1
- Crew roles
- 1
- Cast roles
- 0
- Profile updated
- June 7, 2026
- TMDB person ID
- 45419
Creator Context
Summary
Filmmaker whose public background centers on growing up as the child of two lesbian mothers in the 1980s and 1990s, including a custody battle with a sperm donor that affected the family. Directed the 2021 HBO docuseries Nuclear Family, which examines her personal family history and broader issues of LGBTQ parenting and legal rights during a less accepting era. Early independent narrative work preceded more personal documentary projects.
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