BIO
Recognized by Playback as one of Canada’s "10 to Watch," Renuka is a screenwriter from Kitimat, BC.
After pivoting from finance to storytelling in 2020, she has earned credits on series including "I WOKE UP A VAMPIRE" (Netflix), "REGINALD THE VAMPIRE" (Amazon), "ALLEGIANCE" (CBC), "STREAMS FLOW FROM A RIVER (S2) and "CREW GIRL" (Netflix).
Beyond produced credits, she has contributed to series development in collaboration with CBC, Bell Media, and Corus Entertainment. Her current slate includes a CMF/Bell Media-supported original comedy and a horror series adapted from the work of acclaimed novelist Ray Garton.
A member of the Indo-Fijian diaspora, Renuka's storytelling explores identity, belonging, familial duty, and self-fulfillment. Her short script, PETTICOAT, which explores cultural identity through genre, was awarded the Tasveer Film Festival Short Film Fund and is co-produced under her banner, IN GOOD HANDS MEDIA.
Renuka was the only BC writer selected for the 2023 WBD Access × Canadian Academy Writers Program, is an alumna of the Pacific Screenwriting Program's Scripted Series Lab, and mentors with the Black Screen Office.
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Renuka lives and works on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.