Jay Carolyn Wu (they/them) is a creative producer and writer/director. Named to Playback Online’s “10 to Watch” in 2024, Jay has a strong focus on developing and producing bold, storyteller-driven scripted series and features. They are currently leading development on an ensemble sitcom with CBC Comedy, Tyra Banks’s SMiZE Productions, Chuck Tatham (Modern Family, Arrested Development), Blink49 Studios (Wild Cards, The Trades), and Scythia Films (The Apprentice, Close to You), as well as a Crave Original comedy with Bruce McCulloch (The Kids in the Hall) and Max Kerman of Arkells. In partnership with frequent collaborators LaRue Entertainment and Fonna Seidu’s Snail Mail Media, they ongoingly lead projects with Elliot Page’s Pageboy Productions, Ryan Kreston (Hereditary), and Joe Pirro (The Wedding Banquet, Driveways). Jay currently has three Telefilm-financed projects slated to shoot in 2026, including their upcoming directorial feature debut, Yo We're Dying, which is executive produced by Elevation's Christina Piovesan and Chemically Altered Productions's Michael Lazarovitch. The film was also part of the Every Story Fellowship at TIFF 2024 and was a Quarterfinalist for Screencraft’s Film Fund 2024. Jay was previously a development executive at Bell Media where they developed scripted comedy and drama series for CTV and Crave. Titles include CTV's SULLIVAN'S CROSSING, starring Chad Michael Murray and Scott Patterson, THE SPENCER SISTERS starring Lea Thompson, and Shaftesbury and Pageboy Production’s upcoming Crave Original SLO PITCH. SULLIVAN'S CROSSING has been CTV's #1 hit drama since 2023 and is airing on The CW in the US, now going into its fourth season.