Kuros Charney has written and directed plays produced at well-known venues such as the Stella Adler Theatre and the Coronet Theatre. His play Shame and Desire was recommended by the LA Weekly for its "delicious script, chock-full of snappy one-liners and Byzantine plot threads that keep the audience guessing right up to the surprise ending."

An Edward Albee playwriting fellow, Kuros favors provocative dramas with political and social themes relevant to contemporary society. The Los Angeles Times has called his work "starkly representative."

In addition to writing and directing for the stage, he has done extensive work in film. His screenplays have been developed with producers such as LeVar Burton (Eagle Nation Films) and Lori Miller (The Vault Films), and he has produced and edited films featured at the Sundance and Slamdance festivals. He was also the original writer of New York magazine's "Trailers" column, which reports on feature films in development.

He holds a B.A. from UC San Diego and an M.F.A. from University of Southern California and currently teaches at Gotham Writers' Workshop and William Paterson University.

He lives in New York City.