Mishki Vaccaro is a film and television writer splitting her time between Los Angeles, Toronto and Costa Rica — come visit, seriously, she’ll show you around. Mishki writes female-centric dark comedy that explores the deep fears and dilemmas of the human experience. Mishki’s writing walks the line between punching you in the gut with authentic emotion and making you laugh with a dumb joke. In 2019, Mishki’s mom passed away due to complications from dementia, which totally reoriented her priorities and set her on a journey of self-discovery that deeply influences her writing today.

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Mishki has dual US/Canadian citizenship, a B.A. in Cultural Studies from McGill University and an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California. She’s worked in feature development at Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films (X-Men, The Martian, Deadpool) and television development and production at Jason Winer’s Small Dog Picture Company (Modern Family, Life In Pieces, The Big Leap). Highlights of Mishki’s time at Small Dog Picture Co. include working on the first season of Single Parents (ABC, showrunner J.J. Philbin) and Woman Up (ABC pilot, written and directed by Zoe Lister Jones). Mishki was also the writer’s assistant on Perfect Harmony (NBC, showrunner Lesley Wake Webster), where she co-wrote the season finale and was on set for her first episode of television. Mishki has been studying with the Joan Scheckel Filmmaking Labs since 2017. Last year, she developed and pitched a show to networks and streamers based on IP with Propagate Entertainment.

From a young age, Mishki understood the cathartic nature of storytelling and the power of harnessing your authentic voice. She thinks of screenwriting as “good magic,” accidentally has two dogs and will absolutely read your astrology chart.