Carly is a writer/director raised in San Francisco by public interest lawyers in a big, loud family. She mostly works in narrative film, usually exploring the tension between self-perception and reality, oscillating between intimacy and spectacle.

She received her BA in Film from Stanford University and has directed festival-circuiting shorts, political ads that aired across swing states, and a monologue series that sold out runs in both New York and San Francisco and was executive produced by Rosario Dawson. Her latest feature script, TWO ROOTS, is available upon request.

Previously, she worked as the creative/development assistant to director Ruben Fleischer and producers Dave Bernad and Elias Gertler (Zombieland, The White Lotus, Jury Duty, Uncharted).