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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015), ''

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'' (2017), ''

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'' (2019) and '' There's Someone Inside Your House'' (2021).

Career

Brice was born and raised in Grass Valley, California. He graduated with a BFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Film & Video. ''

'', his first feature-film as director/writer/actor (co-starring

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), was produced by

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: it premiered at SXSW 2014 and was released through

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. His second feature as director/writer, ''

'' (with Adam Scott,

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and

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) premiered at the

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and was released by The Orchard. He wrote and directed ''

,'' starring Duplass and Desiree Akhavan: it was released in 2017 through Netflix. His latest film as director, ''

'', starring

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and

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, premiered at the

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. In March 2019 it was announced that Brice would direct the Netflix

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'' There's Someone Inside Your House'', an adaptation of the 2017 novel of the same name by

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, with Henry Gayden writing the script. It was produced by

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and

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. The film was released on October 6, 2021. In July 2020, it was announced that Brice would develop, write and direct a film adaptation for

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based on Owen Laukkanen's suspense thriller novel titled ''The Wild''.

Filmography

Film Television

References

External links

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