Marushka Almeida
- Writer
- Producer
- Music Department
Middle East born and raised, Marushka Jessica Almeida is a South Asian writer/producer, ex-accountant, former music business manager and many other failed careers their parents are too depressed to list. Currently, they're a story editor an upcoming show for SyFy. They're also an Exec-Producer/Co-Creator on Get Up, Aisha (CBC Gem).
They have worked on Made For TV with Boman Martinez Reid (Crave), Austin Film Fest Select Homeschooled (CBC), Near or Far (Wattpad, CBC), Cannesseries select Streams Flow From a River (Superchannel/Apple TV, Amazon Prime) Canadian Screen Award-winning/Cannesseries select Revenge of the Black Best Friend (CBC) and other Canadian comedies no one's seen yet. They are in post-production of their digital series POVme (Shaftesbury Kids) and in pre-production of their next digital series Bad Accountant (Bell Slate Fund, Ontario Creates). Marushka is also an alumnus of the CFC's 2024 Comedy Story Room Intensive. When Marushka isn't swimming in a whirlpool of existential dread they can be found complaining about why public nap areas don't exist.
They have worked on Made For TV with Boman Martinez Reid (Crave), Austin Film Fest Select Homeschooled (CBC), Near or Far (Wattpad, CBC), Cannesseries select Streams Flow From a River (Superchannel/Apple TV, Amazon Prime) Canadian Screen Award-winning/Cannesseries select Revenge of the Black Best Friend (CBC) and other Canadian comedies no one's seen yet. They are in post-production of their digital series POVme (Shaftesbury Kids) and in pre-production of their next digital series Bad Accountant (Bell Slate Fund, Ontario Creates). Marushka is also an alumnus of the CFC's 2024 Comedy Story Room Intensive. When Marushka isn't swimming in a whirlpool of existential dread they can be found complaining about why public nap areas don't exist.