Callie Barlow

Callie Barlow is a New Orleans-bred, Los Angeles-based documentary filmmaker. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Barlow picked up a camera and began documenting the world around her. An astute observer, her work examines unique corners of life and how people express themselves in those spaces. She is currently producing an upcoming documentary series with Goode Films, A24, Elara Pictures and HBO. She previously served as supervising producer of The Rescue, The First Wave, Becoming Cousteau, Fauci and Own the Room for National Geographic Documentary Films. Prior to that, Barlow was the vice president of development at RYOT Films, the Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning film studio owned by Verizon Media, where she was responsible for a dynamic slate of feature documentaries, series and shorts that debuted at Sundance, Tribeca, SxSW and Hot Docs, among others. Barlow is also the director of Our Neighbors, The Peacocks (Mountainfilm 2025).