Marni Banack

Marni Banack made her television directing debut in the late 90s with episodes of Disneys SciFi So Weird While getting to relive her teen years is a lot of fun directing for Disney Nickelodeon Family Channel Discovery Kids Marni also swaps hats to helm dramatic projects including an adaptation of a Margaret Atwood short story Betty CTVs Bliss the feature coming of age indie Winter Break and directed alongside Steve Guttenberg as he starred in PS Your Cat is Dead She recently completed several episodes of The Next Step for CBC Gem A graduate of both The American Film Institute and York University Marnis work has garnered several awards and been recognized at festivals around the world including the DGC DGA AFI and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts Sciences Student Academy Award for her short film John In addition to her TV work Marni is developing several original projects for both film and TVshe is also actively praying that school stays inperson so she doesnt have to go back to homeschoolingrefereeing her three young children