Marni Van Dyk

Marni is a writer and director based in Toronto. Marni’s first feature-length film Learn to Swim, written with Director Thyrone Tommy, had its World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. It is distributed by Array Releasing on Netflix in the US, UK, AUS/NZ, and by Mongrel Media in Canada.

She has served as Head Writer for event specials for ABC, CBS, CBC, and CTV, as Story Editor and Writer for numerous film and television projects, and as a Producer on award winning series including The Beaverton (CTV), and Still Standing (CBC).

Her first short film I Am Not A Weird Person (dir. Molly McGlynn) was featured on HelloGiggles, programmed by Joey Soloway on wifey.tv, and described by Lena Dunham as “a haunting little short.” Her short film We Three Queens (dir. Chris Agoston) opened the 2019 Toronto After Dark Film Festival.

Up next she will be releasing her latest short film This Is Not About Swimming, for which she will serve as both writer and director.

She works in both comedy and drama but especially loves the space in between. 

Marni is an alumna of Queen’s University, the Corus Writer’s Apprenticeship at the Banff World Media Festival, Diaspora Dialogues, and the Writer’s Lab at Norman Jewison’s Canadian Film Centre.