Lara Everly is an award-winning DGA director who celebrates storytelling that brings humor to the unexpected, embraces the female gaze and fights for change.
Some favorites include directing an episode of NBC’s “American Auto” which was nominated for a DGA award, a pilot starring Geena Davis entitled "I Can By Friday", a Netflix Family series called "Like A Mother", and a dark comedy flim called “Heritage Day” starring Rachel Bloom.
Lara has written and directed for a range of platforms including Disney, Netflix Family, Refinery29, Scary Mommy, Oprah, Funny or Die, Million Stories, Awestruck, Babycenter, Working Nation and more. In the branded sphere, her directing has been commissioned for broadcast commercials including Thinx, Fisher Price, Walmart, Little Tikes, ACLU, Swehl, Nevada Democrats, Bloomlife, Schwarzkopf, Geico, Diono, Swing Left, Super Majority, Work & Mother and Netflix. Her recent comedic political spot for Mothers Against Greg Abbott won a Webby Award after going viral with 26 million views.
When she is not wrangling a cast and crew, Lara’s wrangling her children and rescue pets, and hopes to one day have more cats than is socially acceptable.