Mitchell LeBlanc
writer/director
Mitch is a mixed-race writer/director based in Toronto.He was recently selected as one of five filmmakers for the inaugural 2024 Rising Voices Canada program, a career accelerator from BIPOC TV & Film, Indeed, Hillman Grad, and TIFF. Mitch is also an alumnus of the 2023 CFC Norman Jewison Film Program and the 2022 Warner Brothers Discovery x Canadian Academy Writers Program.He loves stories about the horrors lurking beneath everyday life — impossible odds that force characters to become better or worse people to survive.Mitch holds a Hons. BA in Philosophy from the University of Toronto, a diploma in Comedy Writing & Performance from Humber College, a post-grad certificate in Screenwriting & Narrative Design from George Brown College, and a piece of paper for graduating from the Second City Conservatory.He’s also a professor in the Faculty of Media & Performing Arts at George Brown College.When asked about moving between comedy and horror, Mitch loves to say stuff like “laughs and screams are both involuntary reactions to great storytelling.”In his downtime, he can be found introducing non-cinephiles to his favourite Criterion films.Recent credits: NOISE ('24), MOTHERS ('23), ATOM (’21), MELODY (’21)TROLLEY PROBLEM PICTURES