Carly Usdin
Directing
Biography
Carly Usdin (born 1982) is an American director, writer, and producer. Usdin is best known for directing the 2016 film Suicide Kale and co-creating the comic book series Heavy Vinyl with Nina Vakueva. In 2019, they received the Jury Prize for Best Director for the short film Misdirection at the Los Angeles Diversity Film Festival. Carly has spent years making short-form narrative and branded content for clients like Funny or Die, CollegeHumor, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, World of Wonder, CBS, Fullscreen, Astronauts Wanted, Portal A, TruTV, Viacom and YouTube. Most notably, they directed the third season of Awkwafina’s digital series Tawk, and Usdin’s campaigns for RuPaul’s Drag Race have won a One Show Pencil and multiple Promax BDA Awards. In 2013 they founded a digital production studio with their wife called Scheme Machine Studios. In 2019 Carly directed four episodes of the interactive comedy series Wizard School Dropout for Eko. Carly was also named to the 2019 cohort of Universal’s Directors Initiative and the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women, class of 2019. Usdin is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
Known For
The internet is the world's largest confessional - from online communities and message boards to chat rooms and web forums (think Reddit), the internet is a communal vault for our biggest secrets and most traumatizing moments. Inspired by real threads, this anthology series brings the most outrageous stories to life.
Threads
Host Monét X Change gathers the funniest people you know to kiki and play some salacious games.
Monét's Slumber Party
MISDIRECTION is a queer comedy about a college freshman who falls in love with close-up magic as an escape from her unrequited crush on her roommate and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Misdirection
After matching on Bumble but never getting a chance to meet in person, two star-crossed lovers unexpectedly reconnect 2,000 miles apart.
First Date
An injury-plagued WNBA superstar's championship ambitions are upended when she falls for her teammate.
Courtside
Jasmine and Penn, a new couple with an uncertain future, struggle through a lunch party after they stumble upon an anonymous suicide note in the home of the hosts.
Suicide Kale
Jane and Celia try to get it on, despite having just gotten their brunch on. Written by Jocelyn Guest Performed by Joanna Bradley and Kelly Hudson Directed by Carly Usdin