Crystal Kayiza
Known for
Directing
Biography
Crystal Kayiza is a Ugandan-American artist and filmmaker raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Her most recent film, Rest Stop, premiered at TIFF and won the 2023 Jury Prize for Best US Short Film at Sundance. Her short, See You Next Time, was an official selection of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was released by The New Yorker.
Best known work
Photographer
2024
Rest Stop
2022
A Call Away
2020
Why We Stay
2015
See You Next Time
2019
Edgecombe
2018
Bloodlines, Mississippi
2025Filmography
2025
Bloodlines, MississippiDirector
2024
2022
Rest StopDirector, Screenplay
2020
A Call AwayDirector, Producer
2019
See You Next TimeProducer, Editor, Director
2018
EdgecombeEditor, Director
2015
Why We StayProducer, Director