Charlie Paulin is a queer writer and filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. He co-wrote an episode of the Emmy and WGA Award-winning series The Spiderwick Chronicles for The Roku Channel and a Christmas-themed romantic comedy optioned by the Motion Picture Corporation of America. His award-winning short film, Outed, starring Jaymes Mansfield of RuPaul’s Drag Race, premiered in 2025 at Oak Cliff Film Festival and was released on YouTube by Short Frame. A concerned patron at Five Guys once commented on how quickly he ate a cheeseburger.