Mariia Rudenko

Screenwriter

Gijón, Spain

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About Mariia

Mariia Rudenko is a prolific writer who has finished six projects this year. Her screenplay Let
Me Save the World placed in the semifinals of ScreenCraft Screenplay Fellowship 2024 and
made her a Second Rounder of Austin Film Festival 2024.

Her writing is funny, dramatic and makes you feel good about yourself. Her characters are
solid, bright, and complex. The stories she tells are relatable and sharp.

Mariia’s writing path started when she was 14 working as an editor of her school
newspaper. She never stopped since.

She has 8 years of experience in journalism, writing about nearly everything, starting with
articles for tabloids, and finishing with industrial architecture analysis, coverage of political,
social, and cultural events.

Feeling that journalism doesn’t let her open her creative personality to its fullest, Mariia
decided to apply herself to writing dialogues for soap operas for Ukrainian TV. And did she
have fun and success in it!

It was the moment of truth: she is a screenwriter and there is no life without it.

Being fascinated with the significance of storytelling, Mariia successfully finished two 15-
week screenplay workshops at NYFA, two 10-week TV writing courses at UCLA Extension,
daily listens to industry professionals’ lectures and webinars trying to perfect her writing
skills.

Gender:
Female

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Loglines

Let Me Save The World Drama ⋄ Comedy A zealous do-gooder opens her doors to a group of Ukrainian refugees and a possessed chihuahua, turning her family's lives upside down and finding herself on the verge of divorce.
Fantastic Dad (spec episode for "Curb Your Enthusiasm") Comedy To date his hot neighbour Tina, Larry lets her spoilt 30 year old son Max call him daddy, agrees to read his horrible screenplay, even accidentally helps to make a movie; all is ruined when a waitress exposes Larry’s real attitude to Max.
Not You Again! Comedy An unemployed comedy writer works day and night to get hired for a promising TV sitcom, just to find out that the executive producer of the show is her ex-fiancé she left at the altar a year earlier.

Awards

Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2024 with LET ME SAVE THE WORLD
(2024)
Semifinalist, ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship 2024 with LET ME SAVE THE WORLD
(2024)
Second Rounder in the Comedy Feature category, Austin Film Festival 2024 with LET ME SAVE THE WORLD
(2024)

Education

New York Film Academy
(2022-2023)
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
(2007-2009)
Kyiv National Linguistics University
(2003-2007)