Veronika Gribanova

Veronika Gribanova is a writer, director, and performer. She likes writing words and saying words, especially when they’re funny. Her feature TWO CLOWNS is in development with Independent Entertainment with BAFTA-nominated director Lynsey Miller attached to direct. Her short film THE COMICS was selected for Miami Film Festival, Victoria Film Festival, and Telefilm’s “Not Short on Talent” showcase at Cannes, her latest short BFF HAS CANCER :(, created in partnership with Firecracker Department, Scotiabank, and Ontario Creates, premiered at the Canadian Film Fest, and her latest web series SQUAD SOULS was selected for CBC Digital Originals. She is currently assisting Emmy-nominated Alyson Feltes in the creation of a new drama series based on a true story. She directed the Canadian premiere of “Asuncion” by Jesse Eisenberg, the Canadian premiere of “Trojan Barbie” by Christine Evans, her own play “Lover Lover” at the Toronto Fringe, her play “zounds!” at the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as many of her own short films and web series. Her plays have been performed Off-Broadway, at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, and across Canada and the US. She is a Stowe Story Labs alum, Top 30 Samuel French playwright, Valdez Theatre Conference Play Lab participant, and FEM Script Lab writer, and has received funding from Telefilm, Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and the CBC. She studied writing at the University of Toronto and King’s College London, and trained at Atlantic Theatre Company’s Full Time Conservatory and UCB. She’s lived in Montreal, London, New York, and a remote town in Switzerland, and now splits her time between Los Angeles and Toronto. She writes comedies, dramedies, and satire with a focus on improvisational dialogue.