 Crary served on the jury of the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival alongside Alan Cumming, Whoopi Goldberg, Darren Arronofsky, Tom Wolfe, Damon Dash, and others.In 2005, Nokia commissioned Crary to direct the short film "Perdu Dans La Ville", shot entirely on Nokia 6682 Imaging Smartphones.In 2007, Crary directed the music video for the song "Story Goes First" by the Israeli band Katamine.