SURI PARMAR (she/they) is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist and professor whose portfolio includes creative writing, filmmaking, and branded content. An alumna of the Canadian Film Centre’s Writers’ Lab and the Stonecoast MFA Program in Creative Writing, she has been selected for numerous international artist residencies, including Reykjavรญk International Film Festival’s Talent Lab and Esperimento Sul Respiro in Como, Italy. Since 2018, she has taught screenwriting, film production and creative writing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
As a producer and coordinator, she has worked with high-profile brands such as In The Know by Yahoo, Yahoo Life and Yahoo Entertainment, Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU), the Hetrick-Martin Institute, and New York Fashion Week. Her award-winning film work includes fiction and nonfiction shorts and a co-written thriller feature. Her films have screened at festivals around the world, including Calgary International Film Festival, Hawaii International Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Her literary and genre fiction has appeared in New Haven Review and The Spectacle.
Suri’s major creative influences include Angela Carter, Kelly Link, The Wachowskis, Herb Ritts, and Patrick Nagel. Through her storytelling, she analyzes the human condition focusing on the personal, often using genre as allegory. She is currently represented by META Talent Agency for fiction.