Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed by Lauren Palmigiano, edited by Justin Nijm and Jack Bishop, produced by Jason Carden, Eleanor Winkler, Ben Sheehan, Brianne Trosie and Sean Dacanay. Starring Jane Seymour, Joe Lando, and the original cast of Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman.
I've been a hardcore Dr. Quinn-head all my life, so reuniting the original cast and shooting on location at the original set was basically miraculous. Jane Seymour and Joe Lando are hilarious, and I'm very proud of how well this ambitious piece turned out.
Written by Lindsay Kerns. Directed by Rachel Goldenberg, Jack Bishop, and Justin Nijm. Produced by Michelle Fox. Created in partnership with First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign. Starring Chloe Grace Moretz, Tyler Posey, Clark Duke, Sufe Bradshaw, and First Lady Michelle Obama.
We got to go to the White House and shoot with FLOTUS, so ... wow!
I had a ton of fun writing for BETCH, an all-female sketch show produced by AwesomenessTV that airs on Verizon's go90 app. Starring the lovely and hilarious Maddy Whitby, Audrey Whitby, Monica Sherer, and Kiana Brown, directed/edited by Ilya Polyakov. This video is one of our favorites, and don't worry, YES, these insane characters WILL be coming back in future vids.
Written by Lindsay Kerns. Directed by Carly Usdin, produced by Eleanor Winkler and Brianne Trosie, edited by Adriana Robles. Starring Margaret Cho, Ali Wong, Santina Muha, Brittani Nichols, Mel Shimkovitz, Trian Long-Smith, Marcy Jarreau, and Amos Vernon.
This is my favorite topical video I got to make at Funny Or Die. We shot it with a kickass all-female crew, and I remain very inspired by rockstar team of funny ladies (and one brave man!) who dared to mock the Hollywood patriarchy.
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed by Elise Holowicki, produced by Brianne Trosie and Ben Sheehan, edited by Adriana Robles and Marty Cramer. Starring Anna Chlumsky, Chelsea Kane, Amber Stevens, Little Esther, Allyn Rachel and Samantha Hoopes.
I've always been obsessed with American Girl Dolls, so I was thrilled to reimagine my favorite characters as badass superheroes.
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed/edited by Jack Bishop and Justin Nijm, produced by Brianne Trosie. Starring David Neher and Corey Clifford.
It's an unspoken rule that every writer at Funny Or Die must do an Apple parody at some point. This was my take.
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed/edited by Ilya Polyakov. Produced by AwesomenessTV for "BETCH: A Sketch Show" on Verizon's go90 digital platform.
Written and co-produced by Lindsay Kerns. Directed by Andy Bush, produced by Brianne Trosie, edited by Jack Bishop and Justin Nijm.
I am a diehard Disney fangirl (you don't even want to know) but even I am little wary of their zillion live-action reboots.
Co-written by Lindsay Kerns, Eliza Skinner, Travis Helwig, Clint Howard, and Clark Duke. Starring Milla Jovovich, Clint Howard, and Fred Willard. Directed by Clark Duke, produced by Betsy Koch and Sean Dacanay.
Pippi Longstocking was my first literary hero as a kid, and I was proud to co-write this passion project with an amazing team at Funny Or Die, the very talented Clark Duke, and the legendary Clint Howard.
Co-written by Lindsay Kerns, co-written and directed by Lauren Palmigiano, produced by Christian Heuer. Starring Mariah Carey, Brett Ratner, and Bryan Safi.
I can't even begin to explain this video, but I love it.
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed by Lauren Palmigiano, produced by Brianne Trosie, edited by Marty Cramer.
Have you ever noticed that "Kids" icon on your Netflix home screen? No? Oh well, we made a whole silly fake commercial about it.
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed and edited by Brad Schulz, produced by Eleanor Winkler.
I got annoyed with anti-vaxxers and this was the result.
Produced by Lindsay Kerns, Jason Carden, Matt Mazany. Co-written by Nick Wiger and Charles Ingram. Co-directed by Charles Ingram and Nick Corrirossi. Edited by Charles Ingram. Starring Chris Pine and the Button Factory.
Co-written by Lindsay Kerns and Lauren Palmigiano, directed by Lauren Palmigiano. Full story about this video covered by JEZEBEL here.
Co-written by Lindsay Kerns, Alex Scordelis, Amos Vernon. Produced by Ben Sheehan, co-directed by Matt Mayer and Rob Hatch-Miller, edited by Marty Cramer. Starring "Rockapella" of PBS' Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego".
I loved loved LOVED Carmen Sandiego as a kid, so it was a real dream to reunite her a cappella band Rockapella for a silly topical video.
Branded content written by Lindsay Kerns
I had the pleasure of writing two videos in a YouTube Adblitz web series starring Jake and Amir, DJ Flula, MyLifeAsEva, and other YouTube stars, advertising YouTube's Adblitz Channel leading up to the Super Bowl 2016. The series was directed by The Dads, produced by Portal A, and other writers on the series included Ben Mekler and Chris Amick,
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed by Rachel Goldenberg. Created as ancillary branded entertainment content to promote Bravo's scripted series Odd Mom Out, starring Abby Elliott.
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed by Matt Mayer and Zack Poitras. Starring Hannibal Buress. This video was made to help promote the 2014 Webby Awards.
Written by Lindsay Kerns, directed by Alex Richanbach, produced by Kate Lilly, edited by Michael Burke. Starring Kenny Mayne, Alison Becker, and Dave Theune. Created to promote the 2014 Breeders' Cup at the Santa Anita Racetrack.
I spent a summer in 2010 making over a dozen documentary-style promotional videos for Cheley Colorado Camps, an amazing world-class adventure camp in the Rocky Mountains. I shot and edited them all myself.
I spent a summer in 2010 shooting/editing over a dozen documentary-style promotional videos for Cheley Colorado Camps, a world-class camp in the Rocky Mountains. I was a crew of ONE, traveling around from campsite to campsite by car and horse and foot, participating in all kinds of camp activities and getting the opportunity to meet some amazing campers and counselors in the process.