William Nicholas Bryk (born October 31, 1999) is a Canadian actor and filmmaker, most noted as co-director with Finn Wolfhard of the 2023 film ''

Hell of a Summer ''Hell of a Summer'' is a 2023 comedy-horror film written and directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk (in his directorial debut). It stars Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, Bryk, Wolfhard, Pardis Saremi and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai. It premiered at ...

''. The son of actor Greg Bryk, he has had acting roles including the films '' Night Shifts'', '' Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' and ''

When You Finish Saving the World ''When You Finish Saving the World'' is an Audible Original audio first production audio drama published on August 4, 2020 by American actor, author, and playwright Jesse Eisenberg. It won the Audie_Award#Overall_categories, 2021 Audie Award for ...

'', and a recurring role as Billy Clanton in the fourth season of ''

Wynonna Earp Wynonna Earp is a horror Western comic book miniseries created and owned by Beau Smith. The series was initially published by Image Comics, and from 2003 by IDW Publishing. Plot summary Wynonna is a present-day descendant of the famous ...

''. Bryk and Wolfhard first met in Toronto's Kensington Market, having a brief conversation about their shared love of the comedy web series ''

Jake and Amir Jake and Amir is an American comedy duo made up of podcasters and former CollegeHumor writers Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld. The duo came into prominence in 2007 when they began writing and starring in the web series ''Jake and Amir.'' Th ...

'', but did not meet again until they were both cast in ''Ghostbusters: Afterlife'' more than a year later.Nigel Smith
"Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk: From 'Immediate' Friends to First-Time Filmmakers"
'' People'', September 13, 2023. They have since worked together on several occasions, including ''Night Shifts'', ''When You Finish Saving the World'', ''Hell of a Summer'' and the ''Lackluster Video'' podcast for

Headgum Headgum is an American podcasting network founded in 2015 by Marty Michael, Amir Blumenfeld, and Jake Hurwitz. The latter twoknown collectively as comedy duo Jake and Amirbuilt upon the success of their podcast '' If I Were You'' to launch the ...

. ''Hell of a Summer'' debuted at the

2023 Toronto International Film Festival The 48th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 7 to 17, 2023.Victoria Ahearn"TIFF reveals new programmers and other 2023 festival details" '' Playback'', April 20, 2023. The most noted change from past years was tha ...

, where it was named second runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Midnight Madness.Steve Pond
"‘American Fiction’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s Audience Award"
'' TheWrap'', September 17, 2023.

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