Carly is a writer/director from San Francisco working across narrative film and live performance. She explores the tension between self-perception and reality, oscillating between intimacy and spectacle—with recurring themes of self-invention, social capital, and fragile sanity.

Her short films include VOICE TOY (starring Nadina Hassan), currently on the festival circuit, and SPINNING which premiered at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. She is the creator and director of CRUSHING, an acclaimed nonfiction monologue series that sold out runs in both New York and San Francisco and was executive produced by Rosario Dawson. In 2024, she directed a series of innovative political ads for a national Gen Z voting campaign—reaching over 110 million viewers across swing states.

Steyer holds a BA in Film from Stanford University and previously worked as the creative assistant to Director Ruben Fleischer and producer David Bernad (The White Lotus, Jury Duty, Uncharted, Zombieland).