Rylee Ebsen is a commercial and comedy director who moved from early Snapchat creative leadership into freelance live-action brand work around 2019. Trained in film production at NYU Tisch and in improv, character, and sketch at the Groundlings, she directed Snapchat consumer and product content through the platform’s scale-up—including Lenses/Lens Studio AR and Spectacles launches, original series Literally Can’t Even (2015) and Under the Ghost, Snap’s IPO documentary, and the 2018 voter-registration campaign. Commercial credits cited across trade and roster sources include Disney, Facebook, ESPN, Zillow, Dr. Pepper, State Farm, Kellogg’s, Amazon, Google, Dove, Mr. Clean, and Deloitte x WNBA. A frequently referenced comedy spot is her Dr. Pepper Oscars work with Iliza Shlesinger (NuContext). She has directed on-camera talent including Seth MacFarlane, Ben Schwartz, Tom Felton, Nicholas Braun, Brittany Snow, Alfonso Ribeiro, James Marsden, Doris Burke, and Iliza Shlesinger. Recognition includes Forbes 30 Under 30 (2020), a Telly Award for advertising and emerging technology, Best Director at Women’s Comedy Festival Chicago, and second-place Best Film at Just For Laughs. Narrative shorts Boomerang (2022) and IRL (2021) played Palm Springs, Brooklyn, Dances with Films, and Hollyshorts. She is listed on Steam Films’ Canada roster and leads Now Studio at The Right Now.