Mayanka is a screenwriter, copywriter, journalist, and amateur artist from Mumbai, India.

She writes stories of fantasy, science fiction, and horror based around relationships her younger self longed for. These include stories of love, grief, and identity.

She loves animated shows and is an avid reader of comic books and graphic novels. In her spare time, you’ll find her watching Doctor Who, obsessing over anime, or doodling silly little cartoons. Give her some work to do.

TV and Film Scripts

  • Much A-Flu About Nothing - A Bob's Burgers Spec

    It's the 17th century and Bob’s latest dish is so popular that customers prefer it to sermons at Church, but when people all over town start to mysteriously fall sick, only one explanation seems plausible – Bob and a certain deal he may have made. Developed under Ed Valentine, this is a Bob’s Burger spec unlike any you’ve ever read.

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  • The Other Side

    While India grapples with the horrors of Partition, naïve Heer remains focussed on Ronak, her childhood sweetheart, not realising what love means in a community hell-bent on violence and in a world full of real and supernatural monsters. Developed under James Felder, The Other Side is a one-hour horror-drama.

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  • The Feather Detective

    Fresh off a breakup, Sophie Dworkin begins to crumble under the pressures of 1960s American society, until she meets Roxie Laybourne and joins her in solving one of America's deadliest Aviation disasters. This is a comedy-drama procedural about science and womanhood. It won the Production Grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2023.

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Recognition

  • Winner, Production Grant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2023

  • Semifinalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, 2023

  • Semifinalist, 1497 Features Lab, 2023

  • Winner, Screenwriting Grant, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2022

  • Winner, Tisch Future Screenwriters Fellowship Award, 2021

Cartoons

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