He was raised in the San Fernando Valley and attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He is the writer and director of several short films, as well as music videos for the bands Grouper and Cryptacize. His most recent film work includes a series of film collaborations with musician Liz Harris and a concert film of Björk performing with Dirty Projectors. Currie is currently directing his first feature film, Congress, an episodic fantasia about death in a fictional American town. His work has screened at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions and the Cinefamily Dublab Labrat Matinee in Los Angeles; and at Lanternhouse in Cumbria, England.