BIO
Kelsea Bauman-Murphy is a New York-based filmmaker who was born and raised in Los Angeles. She bravely likes both cities.
Kelsea has written and directed branded content, music videos, and several award-winning short films. She is sometimes an actor, and she is the digital producer on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
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DIRECTING
Kelsea’s first short film, Sleeping Alone, which she wrote, directed and performed in, won the 2024 audience award at the Lower East Side Film Festival. It has been widely viewed thanks to distribution from Crypt TV.
Her recent narrative directorial work includes her second short film, Nuke, which won performance awards at two cult festival favorites, the 2025 Oak Cliff Film Festival and the 2025 NÓT Film Festival. Her forthcoming short film, Tampa, stars Jemima Kirke and Lindsey Normington, and has been selected for fiscal sponsorship by the Lower East Side Film Festival.
Kelsea’s other directorial work includes branded content for the pioneering surgical bra brand Masthead, and the music video for Brutus VIII’s single “Building a Bomb” which was released by Flood Magazine.
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PRODUCING & COPYWRITING
As a producer, Kelsea gets to write funny things for the internet and for large-scale live activations at Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Her copywriting at the show has been included in projects like a fake museum, the promotional tour for a fake sexual wellness blanket, and the jumbotron videos for a fake-sounding Minor League Baseball team that was actually very real.
Kelsea started her TV career as an associate producer for HBO’s comedic docuseries Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas.
Kelsea is extra proud of these pieces she helped pitch, produce, and write for the shows she’s worked on.
When not producing for late night, she has also produced branded content for companies like Canon, and Kelsea is a copywriter for individuals and companies looking to grow their online presence. If you are learning to love the internet and need a little help, contact her.
You may have seen these viral posts of Kelsea telling nice stories about Zac Efron, and upsetting Elon Musk.
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ACTING
When not directing – and sometimes while directing – Kelsea also acts! She can be seen in Jess Zeidman’s forthcoming feature film, Human Theories, which will premiere at the 2026 Tribeca and film festival. Kelsea also had a leading role in the feature film Vanilla. People said some pretty nice stuff about her performance! She was also pushed into a car in Paula Gonzalez-Nasser’s 2025 Tribeca Film Festival breakout, The Scout. There are no small roles, just actors who look very small through a windshield.
CONTACT
If you’d like to talk to Kelsea, you can!
hello.kelsea.bauman@gmail.com
