WRITER / DIRECTOR / CURATOR
PODCASTS / FILM / LIVE
TRIBECA FESTIVAL
Audio Work
A cancelled performance artist is invited back into the art world by a prestigious gallery in Hudson Valley.
When her piece becomes a crime scene, an art critic has to find out what was part of the performance.
Dramedy - A mountain climbing couple gets caught in an avalanche. Will they survive?
Will their relationship? Also, a couples counselor (Sue Galloway) is trapped with them.
Drama - What if you could make a museum about your life?
What if that museum was your dating profile?
Comedy - When Fran (Jo Firestone) attends her high school reunion, a drunk classmate mistakes
her for someone else and recounts a shocking story to the wrong person.
Sketch Comedy - You're invited to game night—a sketch comedy show with
Drama - Three friends make a mysterious yet simple choice,
and then have to make sense of the inconceivable results.
Spend a day among the many different theme park goers of Wonderworld, U.S.A.
A set of audio short stories in a hot and sweaty theme park.
Tatiana Vasquez, an MMA fighter, is eager for a rematch after her humiliating defeat. Will the
haunting memories of her loss get in the way?
Written by Davy Gardner
COMMITMENT
A podcast fiction comedy in 60 seconds...
Performed by Margaret Burrus,
Jack Frederick, and Mac Rogers
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PRESS
STORY EDITING, CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION
Davy Gardner is an audio writer and creator. He's currently the Curator of Audio Storytelling at Tribeca Enterprises. He is writing, directing, and producing an Audible Original series, was a writer/producer for the New Series team at Wondery, and for The Truth on Radiotopia from PRX.
Davy launched and produced 4 seasons of Wondery's hit show"Against the Odds", an anthology of scripted documentary-style serials paired with interviews with the people who were really involved.
Davy also produced the series "The Off Season", which The New York Times called "subtle and slyly funny" and was named one of The Atlantic's Best Podcasts of 2018 and stars Peter Grosz (HBO's Veep).
He associate produced the serial "The Body Genius", which was listed on the A.V. Club's list of The Best Podcasts of 2019 So Far, as well as many stand-alone audio pieces.
Davy has also produced multiple award-winning short films, including "Mountain", which won Best Dark Comedy and Best First-time Screenwriter at the Los Angeles Film Awards and is streaming on Discover.Film, as well as his short "You Hang Up" which won the 2019 Berlin Flash Film Festival.
The Off Season
Davy was on the two-person team that developed and produced "The Off Season" which The New York Times called "subtle and slyly funny" and was named one of The Atlantic's Best Podcasts of 2018.
The four-part serial that explores the #MeToo movement stars Peter Grosz (HBO's Veep) and Erica Hernandez (CBS's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and was written by Marina & Nicco.
The Body Genius
Davy was on the two-person team that developed and produced "The Body Genius", a neo-noir audio comedy series on the A.V. Club's list of The Best Podcasts of 2019 So Far.
The Body Genius is about a physical trainer in Los Angeles solving a murder. It was written by Hunter Nelson and produced by Jonathan Mitchell and associate produced by Davy Gardner.
Wondery's Against the Odds
Davy launched, developed, edited, and produced "Against the Odds", an anthology of five-part documentary serials from the hit podcast network, Wondery.
Against the Odds is a scripted non-fiction series about true stories of survival---from the Thai Cave Rescue to Prisoners of War who survived the Hanoi Hilton.
The show was Top 10 on Apple Podcasts in following its launch.
Davy also produced interview episodes for each series with the people who were there.
"The Thai Cave Rescue" - Episode 1
"John McCain: Prisoner of War" - Episode 1
"Kidnapped in the Desert" - Episode 1
"K2: The Savage Mountain" - Episode 1
Davy is a writer for The Foundation, a weekend team (and currently the longest-running house sketch team) at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York. Davy is also the showrunner and executive producer of The Foundation Podcast, which features comedy sketches written for the ear, and based around a different theme each episode. The Foundation Podcast is written and performed by the team and is directed by Marina Tempelsman.
SCREEN & STAGE WRITING
ABOUT
Davy spearheaded and oversees Tribeca Audio, a division of Tribeca Enterprises. He curates all aspects of the Audio Storytelling Program at the Tribeca Festival. Davy is also a veteran writer, director, and creator in audio with work appearing on networks like Radiotopia, Wondery, and Audible. He is also an playwright and screenwriter and wrote, performed, and directed comedy for six years for The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City.
Davy's work includes a crime thriller called "Pariah" starring Ann Carr (Search Party), "Married Alive" starring Sue Galloway (30 Rock), "The Other Fran" starring Jo Firestone (The Tonight Show), and "Museum of You" starring Nicholas Richardson (Younger). He developed and associate produced, "The Off Season" starring Peter Grosz (Veep) which was listed on The Atlantic's Top 50 Podcasts of 2018, and The New York Times called "subtle and slyly funny". While working at Wondery, he launched, developed, story edited, and produced the first 4 seasons of the hit show, "Against the Odds".
Davy won Best First Time Screenwriter and Best Dark Comedy at the 2019 Los Angeles Film Awards for his short, "Mountain", which also won Best Dark Comedy at the 2019 New York Film Awards. His comedy short film, "You Hang Up", won the 2019 Berlin Flash Film Festival. You can see his work streaming on Discover.Film. Davy taught writing at The School of The New York Times alongside award-winning author, Meghan Daum, and he improvises in New York City on the teams, Boyf and Pork.
Photo: David Goddard