Veronika Gribanova is a writer, performer, and director based in Los Angeles and Toronto. Her TV series LATESLIP is in development with Buffalo Gal Pictures with the Bell Slate Fund, and her feature TWO CLOWNS is in development with Independent Entertainment with BAFTA-nominated director Lynsey Miller attached to direct. Her short film THE COMICS, directed by Karen Knox and starring Veronika alongside Ryan Belleville, 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, was selected for 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. Her work has been developed at the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, Stowe Story Labs, Samuel French OOB Festival, Atlantic Acting School, The New Group, Last Frontier Theatre Conference, and FEM Script Lab, and she has received funding from the CBC, Telefilm, Canada Council for Arts, and Ontario Arts Council. Her plays have been performed in Off-Broadway houses, as well as in Canada and the UK. She directed the Canadian premiere of Jesse Eisenberg’s “Asuncion”, the Canadian premiere of Christine Evans’ “Trojan Barbie”, her own play “zounds!” at the Edinburgh Fringe, her play “Lover Lover” at the Toronto Fringe, as well as multiple short films and web series. She studied writing at King's College London and University of Toronto, and trained at the Atlantic Theater Company’s Full Time Conservatory, Upright Citizens Brigade, and The Groundlings. She writes comedies, dramedies, and satires with a focus on improvisational dialogue, because she likes how real people speak and wants the screen and stage to reflect that once in a while.
