Murry Peeters (she/her) is an actor and WGC-award nominated screenwriter. Recent screenwriting credits include: The Parker-Andersons and Amelia Parker. Her screen credits include NBC’s Taken, Far Cry 5 and SEE. Peeters and her past acting experience enable her to write material populated by richly diverse and layered characters. She was selected to participate in the inaugural class of the WarnerMedia Access x Canadian Academy Writers Program. She is also an alumna of the Canadian Film Center’s 2018 Writers’ Lab, a 2018 Magee TV Diverse Screenwriters Award recipient and a Netflix-Banff 2019 & 2020 Diversity of Voices participant.
Awards & Nominations
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Winner: Best Canadian Short Film. Vancouver Short Film Festival
Winner: Best Performance (Enuka Okuma). Vancouver Short Film Festival
Winner: Best Actress (Enuka Okuma). Image This Women’s International Film Festival
Winner: Best LGBT. Sunday Shorts Film Festival
Winner: Best Romance. Sunday Shorts Film Festival
Winner: Best International Film. International Black Film Festival.
Nominee: Outstanding Directorial Achievement — Best Short Film. Director’s Guild of Canada
Nominee: Best Performance (Chelsea Russell). Vancouver Short Film Festival
Nominee: Best Scripted. Yorkton Film Festival
Nominee: Best Short Film. Firenze Film Festival
Honorable Mention. Image This Women’s International Film Festival
Nominee: Best Narrative Short. Urban Film Festival
Nominee: Best Drama. Sunday Shorts Film Festival