These are the artists and filmmakers that collaborated to make Charlie 2.0. Read their biographies to learn a little bit more about them and their work. You may also view a complete list of credits.

Matthew Hsu grew up in suburban New Jersey thinking that he wanted to become an engineer. He was quickly convinced otherwise after a couple of college semesters full of differential equations and a bunch of other stuff he can barely remember. Instead, he received an AB from Brown University in Modern Culture and Media, with a focus on film, semiotics, and poststructural theory. He went on to pursue filmmaking in the MFA program at the USC School of Cinema-Television. At USC, Matthew was a finalist in the 2001 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmakers Competition, for which he wrote and directed a short entitled Super Google Pops, which was distributed to movie theaters nationwide. He also produced numerous other films and served as a graduate teaching assistant in advanced cinematography. Charlie 2.0 was made as his MFA thesis project. Matthew currently resides in Los Angeles where he is eagerly seeking an attractive woman to buy him an oceanfront beach house.

Luyen Vu ('Lu') began his interest in the film industry while interning at DreamWorks during his senior year at UCLA. A few months later, Lu graduated from UCLA with a degree in Philosophy and immediately started working at MGM Studios. Shortly thereafter, he enrolled in the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, where he focused on Producing and Directing. He was awarded the John Huston Directing Scholarship and was honored as a member of the IFP's Project:Involve program. In three short years he has produced five films and will soon be directing his short film, Countdown.


Chad Rocco grew up in New York and received his BS from Syracuse University in Film Production and Political Science. He went on to work as an editor for MSNBC and as an Assistant Director in Los Angeles. Chad later joined the MFA program at USC where he wrote and produced an extensive list of films and television programs. In addition, Chad completed a thesis project consisting of six television commercials which he wrote, produced, and directed. One of the commercials, E*Trade "Whiz Kids", was the recipient of the 2003 AICP Award and is currently being presented as part of the AICP's traveling exhibition. Chad lives in Los Angeles, where he works as a writer and director.


Originally from Ohio, Nick Pustay holds degrees from Miami University and the MFA screenwriting program at USC School of Cinema-Television. He currently lives in Los Angeles where he works as a screenwriter.