BIO
Recognized by Playback as one of Canada’s "10 to Watch," Renuka is a screenwriter from Kitimat, BC. Since pivoting from finance to storytelling in 2020, she's earned credits on notable productions like "I WOKE UP A VAMPIRE" (Netflix), "REGINALD THE VAMPIRE" (Amazon), "ALLEGIANCE" (CBC) and "CREW GIRL" (Netflix).
Beyond produced credits, she has developed series with CBC, Bell Media, and Corus Entertainment. Her current slate includes a CMF/Bell Media-supported original comedy and a horror series inspired by the late American novelist Ray Garton.
As a member of the Indo-Fijian diaspora, Renuka's work inherently challenges fixed identities. Themes of belonging and being an outsider, familial duty, and self-fulfillment often weave themselves into her stories.
Notably, her dramedy pilot BROWN GIRL TOWN, inspired by her teenage experiences, explores the complexities of navigating cultural identity. It was selected as the Writers Guild of Canada's Script of the Month. Most recently, Renuka and her sister co-wrote the horror short PETTICOAT, winner of the Tasveer Film Festival Short Film Fund. Together, they run In Good Hands Media, a creative production company.
Renuka is an alumna of the Pacific Screenwriting Program’s Scripted Series Lab, was the sole BC writer selected for the 2023 WBD Access × Canadian Academy Writers Program and mentors with the Black Screen Office.
She is grateful to reside on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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