Biography

Tusk is Kerry Furrh and Olivia Mitchell: directors, writers, and longtime co-conspirators. They met at USC, bonded over cameras, dumb jokes, and a pet rat named Lola. What started as a creative partnership turned into a life one. They've been making things together ever since.

Girl Band, their breakout short, premiered at Tribeca when they were fresh out of film school. It was messy, heartfelt, a little loud-and people noticed. New York Magazine wrote about it; Freeform bought it. Since then, they've worked across formats, directing music videos, branded content, and narrative work for artists and brands like Camila Cabello, Tate McRae, Brandy, Google, Liquid Death, and the Met Gala. They've staged stunts, choreographed animals, and crafted surreal pop dreamscapes-cutting their teeth to hone a style that never overshadows story. Their sets are sharp, playful, and deeply collaborative. In 2024, ADWEEK named them to its Creative 100.

Ripe!, their latest short-a sapphic soccer story set in rural Spain-premiered at Tribeca and won Best Narrative Short in 2024. It kept going: winning festivals, gathering momentum, and landing on early Oscar radar. The film's basically about longing, and not knowing what to do with it.

Now with a couple of splashy shorts and a style that feels fully their own, Tusk is developing a handful of film & TV projects; namely ones about ambition, optimistic oddballs, and hopeful dreamscapes. There's always hope. Even if it's cracked, or sideways.

The goal? To toss a rope to the "weird kids" still figuring it out, and grin while doing it.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tusk