Biography

Mirella Christou is a multiple award-winning writer.

She's a four-time Alfred P. Sloan Prize winner, twice for her script "Seven Eternities," and twice for "Push It!", both highly-regarded historical pieces filled with compelling characters in high-stakes arenas. She was awarded a fellowship at Film Independent in its Episodic Lab, sponsored by Netflix.

She's been invited to notable festivals for her writing -- the Athena Film Festival Writers Lab (2024), the North Fork TV Festival, sponsored by The Gersh Agency, the Austin Film Festival (2022) where her script was in the top 2%, and was made a finalist at Sundance (2024 & 2025), where her script was deemed "marvelous."

Her latest episodic script "Dry Powder" is a compelling thriller in the espionage genre and was named a finalist in the Lilly Wachowski founded Anarchist United Fellowship in 2026.

Her feature screenplay "Lady Electric" made the "It List" of the Best unproduced scripts by the Canadian Film Fest / Harold Greenberg Fund. The short film version she directed and produced is available to stream.

Mirella completed her MFA at NYU's Tisch School for the Arts in Dramatic Writing, and subsequently worked for Emmy-award winning producers in television and off-broadway theatre in NYC and LA, where she honed her instincts for story and structure.

She's originally from Toronto, where she produced top-rated television news programs at one of the country's largest broadcasters, focusing on business, finance, and international news.
- IMDb mini biography by: MSC