Laurel Brady is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, and emerging director whose witty, engaging scripts will have you rooting for even the most awkward and naïve characters. Laurel studied theatre at York University, screenwriting at George Brown College, and sketchwriting at Second City Toronto. Her plays have been featured on stages across Ontario, including Theatre Passe Muraille and The Arts Project. Laurel is a prolific and ambitious creator who has written seven short films that have been recognized by half a dozen film festivals, including the LA Comedy Festival, the Portland Comedy Film Festival, and The Great Canadian Comedy Film Festival. Laurel is an alum of the 2018 Canadian Film Centre's Writer’s Lab, a recipient of the 2019 Magee TV Diverse Screenwriters Award, and participated in the 2019 Fem Script Lab. She was also selected as one of the five recipients of the 2021 Telefilm Canada New Voices Award and was a semi-finalist for the 2022 LA’s ScreenCraft TV pilot competition. She has worked as a script coordinator on Crave’s SHORESY S2 and on the Molly McGlynn-directed film FITTING IN.

She also likes to share her love of story through the writing workshops she teaches and even co-created the Write on Readings playwright showcase. Laurel is currently developing her features,  EMILY AND ANDREW’S GRAND FINALE, with Citrine Films and CHRONIC with Step 3 Productions. She’s developing her original series NOTHING TO DECLARE with Blackbird Entertainment and HOMEWRECKERS with Project 10. Laurel is also currently story editing on CRAVE’s THE OFFICE MOVERS S2. Laurel’s go-to writing tool is a healthy serving of guacamole and chips… which she has been known to share.