Ally Pankiw is a writer/director, who works in TV, film, and branded. Ally’s accomplishments in TV include directing the full first season of the Netflix comedy series, Feel Good, (which stars Mae Martin and Lisa Kudrow, and has a 100% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes), a block on the second season of Hulu’s Shrill, and a block of episodes on the second season of Hulu’s Emmy-winning, The Great.

Previously, Ally served as a story editor on Schitt’s Creek, and has now created an original animated comedy series with its star and creator, Dan Levy, for Hulu and 20th Century Animation. The show is called Standing By and stars Levy, Glenn Close, David Tennant, Samira Wiley, Poppy Liu, and Natalie Palamides.

Ally recently wrote and directed her first feature called I Used To Be Funny in Canada with Telefilm, WME Independent, and Barn 12 Inc. The dark dramedy stars Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby, Bodies Bodies Bodies), Olga Petsa (Mixtape), and Jason Jones and will premiere at SXSW 2023. In 2018, Ally was selected as one of Film Independent's Directing Lab fellows for her feature film, The Hiding House, and in 2015, her Bravo-funded short film, 'Stake,' played a variety of international festivals. She is also the 2016 recipient of another BravoFACT grant, in conjunction with the Harold Greenberg Fund and Inside Out Short to Feature Award, for her film, The Inherent Traits of Connor James.

Ally got her start as part of a directing collective, with whom she directed and produced music videos for artists like Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, Janelle Monae, The Arkells, The Vamps, and Lil Jon. Since then, she has been conquering the commercial space — working with top brands like Pepsi, Amazon, Adidas, Nylon, Differin, WestJet, Maltesers and Chanel, and artists like MUNA and Phoebe Bridgers. 

She is repped by Partizan and WME.

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