Casey Jane Ellison
Biography
Casey Jane Ellison (born March 29, 1988) is an American stand-up comedian, writer and multimedia artist. Ellison was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, "across the street from the La Brea Tar Pits." Her mother is a civil rights attorney and her father works in the financial services industry. She has a degree in film, video and animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ellison starred in comedic web series such as Ovation's Touching the Art (an all-female panel talk show focused on contemporary art) and VFILES' What the F*shion and Status Update. She was selected by the New Museum in New York City to be a 2015 Triennial artist. In addition to producing new episodes of Touching the Art on location at the New Museum and screening them for the duration of the Triennial, she also created a separate work entitled "It's So Important to Seem Wonderful, Part II," which was a continuation of a work she first screened at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles in 2012. Her work (in both the comedy and fine art spheres) often consists of self-parody and self-objectification, and she has exhibited animated 3-D renderings of herself performing stand-up in art contexts. As a writer, she has contributed to publications and outlets such as Vice Magazine, Gawker, Dazed and GQ. In 2008, Ellison founded Aboveground Animation, a traveling animation showcase which also includes a web-based experience for viewing the chosen works. In 2015, she was selected by Paper Magazine for their annual "Beautiful People" list. In 2019, Ellison, along with Search Party co-creator, Charles Rogers (director), co-hosted the Earwolf produced limited series podcast, The Problem with Charles and Casey, which premiered on March 31. The podcast featured in-depth interviews with guests, Louie Anderson, Jessica Williams, Starlee Kine, Tierney Finster, Jordan Firstman, Michelle Badillo, and Chelsea Peretti, about a problem they are facing in their lives.
Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Instense Hipster
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Drama Series - 2016, 16 episodes • as Tattoo Artist
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Doll Woman
Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world's greatest poet.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Self
The crypt has nothing on the closet when Ally Beardsley and guests share terrifying tales from before they came out.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
When a wannabe documentarian sees a viral video of a young trans woman claiming to be pregnant, she thinks she found the perfect subject for her next film.
Movie - 2018, 2h 15m • as Paz
A couple on the verge of a nervous break-up decide to split their home over the weekend and test the waters of independence.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Gridlock
The film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become too “left-of-center” while pursuing her interests.
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Host / Fineline. band
In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who oscillates between feelings of omnipotence and self-doubt. As if a post-human, post-gendered reincarnation of the Fellini character in 8 ½, the director gloats and frets about professional and ethical transgressions. "I know I lied to get ahead," he admits at one point. "I've made up so many different alphabets just to get ahead in my field." The director is fancier now, but the fear nags that he might be "repeating" himself "like a dumb soldier ova and ova and ova and ova." The meta-connection to the artist's own career, while obvious, is also a decoy. All art, at some level, is about the artist. Here, reflexivity is the surface level, providing a decodable veneer that encases something more unsettling and complex. Single-channel and 3-channel versions.