Tyler Spindel

After graduating from Harvard University, Tyler Spindel moved to Los Angeles to pursue his childhood dream of performing stand up comedy. Touring the country and hosting a weekly show at Hollywood’s Laugh Factory nurtured a deeper understanding of comedy as an art form, eventually leading Tyler to a new and overarching passion for directing.

Tyler’s early foray into the field began with directing viral branded content and commercials for such major companies as Gillette, Macy’s, Samsung, Nickelodeon, Del Taco, and Nike to name a few. From there he would transition into television, directing episodes of The Jack and Triumph Show, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, Breaking In, as well as producing and directing sketches for over 350 episodes of Chelsea Lately. Tyler’s film career has included directing second unit for six studio Adam Sandler/Happy Madison features and writing, producing, and directing the much acclaimed short film, Love and Germaphobia,which won awards from several major film festivals including Montreal Just for Laughs, Hollyshorts Film Festival, Funny or Die LA Comedy Shorts Festival, LA Comedy Festival, New England Film Festival, and Milwaukee Shorts Festival.

In fall of 2015, Tyler directed the pilot and entire freshman season of YouTube Red’s (YouTube’s new subscription-based, premium service) first ever half hour single cam sitcom which wasproduced by Mandeville Films. The show premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival and will be available for streaming on YouTube Red in the summer of this year. Tyler is currently in pre-production for a romantic comedy feature that he wrote and will direct this summer. He is also attached to direct the next installment in a series of Adam Sandler movies for Netflix, and will be returning to his roots this fall when he directs several hour-long stand up specials (he also directed one for Comedy Central in 2014).