Mishki is a writer, director and producer with experience working across a wide range of media, including journalism, film, television, digital and audio. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Mishki has a B.A. in Cultural Studies from McGill University and an M.F.A. in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California.

Mishki’s worked in feature film development at Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films (X-Men, The Martian, Deadpool) and in television development and production at Jason Winer’s Small Dog Picture Company (Modern Family, Life In Pieces, The Big Leap), where she cut her teeth on the first season of Single Parents (ABC) and Woman Up (ABC pilot), before moving into the writer’s room on NBC’s Perfect Harmony where she co-wrote the season finale. She’s developed and pitched TV shows to major networks and streamers, wrote and produced the interactive digital short I’m F.I.N.E. with Eko Interactive and New Form Digital and her feature film script, #FreeBritney, won runner-up in Script Pipeline’s Screenwriting Competition in 2022. Mishki also served as Head Writer on the audio narrative show Saving Nora, which garnered 500+ million listens worldwide.

Most recently, Mishki wrote and directed the award-winning short film, Bardo (2024), with the support of OPC in Toronto. Her next short, Meatball (2025), screened at the Canadian Film Fest as part of the Comedy Igniter Challenge. Mishki’s latest short film, Revel (2026), is currently on the festival circuit.

Mishki gravitates towards dark comedies about imperfect women searching for their place in the world while exploring the deep fears and dilemmas of the human experience. She considers filmmaking “good magic,” accidentally has two dogs and will absolutely read your astrology chart.

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