Caryn Ruby

An award-winning dark comedy writer, performer and professional Script Supervisor, Caryn Ruby has worked alongside Oscar and Emmy Award-Winning crew on award-winning projects, including the Women In Media Camaraderie initiative Grand Prize Winning Films "Charlie and the Hunt" and "Blood and Glory", "Jeffrey," which was lensed at Lux Machina - the LED stage where "The Mandalorian" is shot - and "Trees of Peace," which won Top Prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. An advocate for Women's empowerment, she is proud that 80% of all projects she has worked on have been directed by women, with virtually 50% of them being women of color. "Baked Goodes," the 15-episode web series she co-created, co-produced & starred in, was listed in Newsweek as what to watch on marijuana's biggest holiday - right between Comedy Central's "The Time Traveling Bong" and Snoop Dogg's "Grow House." She's shared the stage with Tiffany Haddish, Donnell Rawlings, and Iliza Schlessinger among others. A devotee of game shows and reality TV, Caryn has appeared on "Let's Make a Deal", "Hack My Life" and "America Says." Most recently, her pilot "Morrieville" won Best Dark Comedy Teleplay at the Houston Comedy Film Festival, where her sketch "Poverty Tourism'' premiered last year as a finalist for Best Dark Comedy Micro Film. Additionally, her short screenplay "Daphne's Revolt" was awarded Finalist in the New Faces, New Voices festival, and Semifinalist in Women In Media's Cameraderie Act 1 competition. Caryn discovered her passion for socially-conscious comedy (and later honed her skills), in her home town of Chicago. She's performed at Chicago Sketchfest, Giilda's Laugh Fest, The World Famous Comedy Store, Zanie's and Jokes and Notes; co-hosted several long running comedy shows, most notably Midnight Parade, the weekly late-night talk show at Chicago's Second City for which she also wrote and produced). Additionally, she has created content for Late Night Jimmy Fallopian Tubes (an all-female late night talk show which originated at UCB) and co-hosted a weekly radio show with Lady Rerun (daughter of cultural icon "Rerun" Fred Berry - "What's Happening!!"). On the road as a comic, she featured for Helen Hong and ultimately headlined the Foundation Room at Chicago's House of Blues combining traditional stand up with her original characters. Before comedy, Caryn earned degrees in Psychology (B.S.), Exercise Science (B.S.) and Kinesiology (M.S., University of Michigan), became a successful personal trainer, nationally-qualified bodybuilder (!) and moved to Los Angeles to become a chiropractor. However, once she realized her knack for cracking jokes was way more fulfilling than cracking joints, she quickly switched gears and began studying and performing at The Second City, The Groundlings and improv Olympic. Caryn plans to launch her new podcast, "Script Supervisors: Unsung Heroes of Film & TV" later this year, highlighting legends in the field who have worked on multiple Oscar and Emmy Award-Winning films and TV shows, and serves as a Backstage Pass to filmmaking from the rarely acknowledged, but incredibly important department head's perspective.