Rebecca Gismondi

I'm the Toronto-based manager of development for Vortex Media, managing their made-for-TV and feature film slates. I have experience pitching and developing content for platforms such as Hallmark, UPTv, Lifetime, Tubi, and Netflix.
During my time at Vortex, I've served as the development consultant on movies such as Operation Nutcracker (Hallmark), My Sister’s Double Life (Lifetime), and The Voices of Our Mother (IFC/Shudder). Vortex Media is a boutique production company that internally develops, produces, and self-finances a diverse slate of features and made-for-TV movies. With its award-winning team of producers and key production personnel, the company has high-profile relationships with network execs, an exceptional wealth of knowledge of the current market, and is committed to developing long standing relationships with their writers.
Previously, I've worked as a script analyst for Coverfly, a coordinator for independent production company LaRue Entertainment, and an office manager and executive assistant for animation company Sinking Ship Entertainment. I'm an active member of and former copywriter for The Firecracker Department, an international community of artistic female and non-binary people, as well as the Women in Film & Television Toronto chapter. I'm also an internationally published poet, won the Aspiring Canadian Poets Contest in 2016, and self-published two poetry collections: brief encounters (2022) and limerence (2018).