Marni Van Dyk
Marni is a screenwriter, director, and story editor. She recently wrapped the first season as Series Director on the Crave Original comedy series Made for TV with Bowman Martinez-Reid. Her latest film, a short entitled This is Not About Swimming, had its World Premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.
Marni’s first feature-length film Learn to Swim, written with Director Thyrone Tommy (Leilani Films/Wildling Pictures) had its World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. It is distributed by ARRAY Releasing on Netflix in the US, UK, AUS/NZ, and by Mongrel Media in Canada.
She has served as Head Writer for event specials for ABC, CBS, CBC, and CTV, as Story Editor and Writer for numerous film and television projects, and as a Producer on award winning series including The Beaverton (CTV), and Still Standing (CBC).
Her short films include I Am Not A Weird Person (dir. Molly McGlynn), and We Three Queens (dir. Chris Agoston/Without A Flock) which opened the 2019 Toronto After Dark Film Festival.
She works in both comedy and drama but especially loves the space in between. She is always open to forge new creative collaborations, so feel free to reach out.
Marni is an alumna of Queen's University, the Corus Writer’s Apprenticeship at the Banff World Media Festival, and the Writer's Lab at Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre.