Mirella Christou

Mirella is a multiple award-winning writer. She was twice awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for her script "Seven Eternities," a television drama that revolves around the world of early psychedelic research. She was selected for a fellowship at 'Film Independent' in its Episodic Lab, sponsored by Netflix. Her latest pilot "Push It!" was selected by the North Fork TV Festival for its Inaugural Pitch Forum in 2021, while also receiving support from the Sloan Foundation.

Her feature screenplay made the "It List" of the Best unproduced scripts. She has written, directed and produced films, most recently the short "Lady Electric," now on the streaming service The Reel Women's Network. She has a forthcoming novel, which is an adaptation of this project. Mirella writes stories that highlight psychologically complex, contrarian characters, and has carved a niche of using IP and biographies to launch adventures of the unexpected.

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Mirella completed her MFA at NYU's Tisch School for the Arts in Dramatic Writing, and comes from a career in journalism and television news producing at some of the biggest global firms, including Bloomberg. She is currently a WGA associate member. She is additionally on the jury of the Ontario International Film Festival. Mirella is most interested in connecting to audiences with powerfully entertaining, intelligent content.