Get a closer look at some of Hollywood's perfect pairs.

Hollywood Power Couples

Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Daniela Saioni is an award-winning comedy writer and script supervisor originally from Toronto, Canada.

She has script supervised major motion pictures and TV series in 10 countries, and has served both A-list and first-time directors alike, with a specialization in comedy. She also trains script supervisors internationally through her Director Whisperer Training Program which has been running since 1995.

Discovering her calling in comedy later in life, Daniela's stand-up has been described as 'smart and subversive' and was featured on CBC Radio One to over 1.4 million listeners. In 2016, she transitioned from stand-up to screenwriting, story consulting and punch-up, and joined the Writers' Guild of Canada.

As a comedy screenwriter, her feature script Jiyan (story by filmmaker Mazdak Taebi) has earned nine laurels including Best Screenplay & Best Fresh Voice at the 2019 Female Eye Festival and Grand Prize Winner 2021 WE Screenplay Diverse Voices. At FEFF 2014 she took home Best Reserve Screenplay for a raucous female ensemble comedy script, The WBI, co-written with filmmaker Annie Bradley. That script was also named Harold Greenberg CFF's Top Ten in 2016.

Her own short mockumentary First Person Plural: Copy Cat, a spoof of the work of one of her filmmaking idols Errol Morris, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival and aired on CBC Newsworld and The Comedy Network.

Daniela has been training comedy screenwriters since 2012 through her From Schtick to Script original sitcom writing program, her Make 'Em Laugh For 90 Minutes feature film program, and her Story Editors' Studio program for story consultants. Between her training programs and her private story consulting clients, she has shepherded the creation of over 100 scripts, and multiple alumni of her programs sold films and TV series even as first-time writers. She loves championing new and diverse voices in the industry and this makes her incredibly happy.

Her talents are varied but her mission is singular: change the world, one laugh at a time.

Awards

Daniela Saioni

Toronto Female Eye Film Festival

Canadian Film Fest

Diverse Voices

Filmmatic Filmmaker Awards

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