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Crystal Moselle

Crystal Moselle is a New York–based filmmaker and commercial director whose work bridges documentary realism, youth subculture, and fashion-lifestyle storytelling.

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Production company & representation
The Directors Bureau
Production company · US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Skate Kitchen — Gotham Award–recognized scripted feature
Gotham Awards · 2018 · award
The Black Sea — SXSW premiere
SXSW · 2024 · award
Skate Kitchen — Sundance Film Festival premiere
Sundance Film Festival · 2018 · award
Selected clients
H&MMiu MiuStella ArtoisNational GeographicNew York Times MagazineeBayKate SpadeSamsungVRBOWhatsApp

Bio & background

Crystal Moselle is a New York–based filmmaker and commercial director whose work bridges documentary realism, youth subculture, and fashion-lifestyle storytelling. Her debut feature The Wolfpack (2015) won the Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize. She carried that method of filming real communities into the Miu Miu Women’s Tales short That One Day (Venice Film Festival), then into the Sundance 2018 narrative feature Skate Kitchen—Gotham Award–recognized—and the HBO series Betty (2020–2021). Commercially she has directed H&M’s “Bring It On” recycling campaign, Miu Miu branded short-form, Stella Artois’s 2017 “Our Dream of Water” film with National Geographic and Water.org, plus work for eBay, WhatsApp, Samsung, Kate Spade, VRBO, Color War, Chime, and New York Times Magazine. Trade coverage cites a storytelling approach that “stylishly melds realism and lifestyle,” with “street-chic style and lush look and feel” and grounded performance via “giving talent room to go off page.” In May 2024 The Directors Bureau signed her for US commercials and music videos; Somesuch represents her in the UK, and she remains listed with Anorak Film. Her 2024 SXSW feature The Black Sea continues improvisation drawn from real-life source material.

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Awards
  • Skate Kitchen — Gotham Award–recognized scripted feature
    Gotham Awards · 2018
  • The Black Sea — SXSW premiere
    SXSW · 2024
  • Skate Kitchen — Sundance Film Festival premiere
    Sundance Film Festival · 2018
That One Day (Miu Miu Women’s Tales) — 73rd Venice International Film Festival premiere
Venice International Film Festival · 2016
  • The Wolfpack — Sundance Film Festival Documentary Grand Jury Prize
    Sundance Film Festival · 2015
  • Press
    • The Directors Bureau signs filmmaker Crystal Moselle
      LBB · 2024
    • Crystal Moselle Joins The Directors Bureau for Spot and Music Video Representation in the U.S.
      SHOOT Online · 2024
    • How Crystal Moselle and Derrick B. Harden Created the Most Punk Movie of the Year
      Interview Magazine · 2024
    • A Dive Into The Black Sea
      Metrograph · 2024
    • Somesuch Signs Director Crystal Moselle
      LBB · 2017
    • How Free the Bid Opened Up Business for Female Directors
      Ad Age · 2017
    • Chime Campaign Equates Financial Health With Happiness
      MediaPost