Delaney Ruston

Delaney Ruston is a filmmaker, author and Stanford trained physician who has spent the past 25 years creating award-winning documentaries for social change--particularly on topics concerning mental health. Her most recent award-winning films include Screenagers, about solutions for healthy screen time, Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER, about teen mental health, and Screenagers Under the Influence, about vaping, drugs, and alcohol in the digital age. To date, over 14 million youth and adults have gathered for community screenings of these films in 104 countries. As a trusted expert on the area of youth and screen time, Delaney has been invited to speak at places such as Google, Facebook, The Aspen Institute, many national conferences, and medical and academic centers. Her views are often in the press, such as Good Morning America, NPR, New York Times and many others. Her award winning PBS films Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia, about her father, and Hidden Pictures, about global mental hea...