Minka Bleakley - Filmmaker
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01.Minka Bleakley is an Australian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and creative director with over a decade of experience across film and advertising. She has collaborated with award-winning directors, producers, and leading agencies on projects spanning independent film, network and cable television, and global brand campaigns.

Minka is the recipient of the 2019 Teaching Fellowship at Columbia University, the 2020 Indian Paintbrush Grant, and the CUFF 2021 Best Teleplay (Drama) Award. She was a semifinalist for the 2021 Humanitas Prize. Her work has screened at Academy-qualifying festivals including Seattle International Film Festival and Palm Springs ShortFest, as well as St. Kilda Film Festival, among others.

She is currently developing the television series The Collection with Pretty Matches Productions in New York.

Minka holds an MFA with Honors in Screenwriting from Columbia University and a BA from Bard College.



Agent: Roy Ashton - rashton@gersh.com



02.  Projects
Cursed


30-min. TV
United States
2026
Pitch
CURSED is a supernatural comedy-drama about four young women in Los Angeles who accidentally do real magic and have absolutely no idea what to do about it. When their target begins exhibiting symptoms of a mysterious illness — and it turns out he's not the only one — the women must untangle what they've unleashed, figure out why it worked, and determine whether they actually want to undo it.





The Collection

60-min. TV
United States/UK
2026
In Development

Pretty Matches Productions

The Collection is an hour-long satirical series that follows the beguiling, unpredictable, outrageous unfolding of a minor art heist in the aftermath of a career-ending investigation. 


The Visitor

Feature film
Australia

In Development

Producer: WIlliam Day Frank
Six of One

Short film
Australia
2022
Completed

Premiere: FlickerFest International Film Festival (2022)

Starring: Gabrielle Miller, Isabelle Lucas

When a young mother is overwhelmed by her new responsibilities, she takes off from her rural-suburban home, leaving her hard-partying husband to pick up the pieces.

1/2    Minimalism in Germany: The Sixties, Hatje Cantz
The Transcendental Express
60-min. TV
Australia
Pitch

A wildcard drug-dealing vagabond finds himself caught up in the disappearance of a young woman. His renegade ways lead him down a spiral of conspiracy, deceit, betrayal, and murder, ultimately resulting in dramatic revelations that threaten the free-wheeling life he once led.

After Dark

Short Film
United States
2020
Completed

Premiere: Palm Springs International Shortfest (2021)
Starring: Pauline Chalamet


After being kicked out of her mother’s home, Ronnie wanders across New York City in search of a place to sleep.

Upstate

Short Film
United States
2019
Completed

Starring: Aaron Dean Eisenberg, Alice Kremelberg


When a young couple hit a deer while driving, they are flung into a moral dilemma that fractures their relationship, forcing them to reassess their expectations of one another. 

     
03.    WritingMinka  is a professional writer working across a variety of disciplines, including film, television, commercial, and marketing. She has written on campaigns for Apple, Spotify, Audi, Adidas, and more, collaborating with commercial directors and production companies to develop treatments and scripts from concept through pitch. Her background is in narrative screenwriting — she holds an MFA with Honors from Columbia University — and that foundation shapes her approach to commercial work: strong character, clear structure, and a voice built around who's telling the story, not a house style.

Alongside her commercial work, she writes and directs her own short films, and works as a script editor and consultant on film and television projects for other writers.

Writing samples available upon request.