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Vanessa Matsui is a CSA nominated actor, writer, and filmmaker based in Toronto and L.A. Selected as a Sundance / YouTube New Voices fellow in 2019, Vanessa's critically acclaimed hit web series Ghost BFF, which she wrote, directed for and starred in, has won and been nominated for multiple awards including Best Web Series at the LA Femme ...
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Learn about Vanessa Matsui, a Japanese-Canadian creator of dark comedy with heart. See her film, web series, and TV credits, and her directorial debut on Paramount+.
Vanessa Matsui is a Canadian-born, LA-based actor, writer, and filmmaker who created the web series Ghost BFF. She has also appeared on Letterkenny, Shadowhunters, Schitt's Creek, and The Handmaid's Tale.
15K Followers, 2,490 Following, 1,299 Posts - Vanessa Matsui (@msvanessamatsui) on Instagram: "Director of Midnight At The Paradise, and How To Fail As A Pop Star, creator of Ghost BFF, actor on Shadowhunters Letterkenny…Not here much. Email me".
- Tell Us A Little Bit About Yourself, and How You Got Involved with Filmmaking.
- Tell Us About Ghost Bff, and Where The Idea Came from.
- Tell Us About Why You Are A Feminist and Why It’S Important to Your Filmmaking.
- What Are You Working on Now/Next?
- Finally, Recommend One #Muffapproved Film For Our Blog Readers.
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Vanessa Matsui: I’m a half-Japanese, half-Canadian actress-writer-director who grew up in Toronto. I’m also a mom. I first got involved with filmmaking in my early 20’s after being a hired actor for WIDC in Banff. I was so inspired by the female director-writers that I met there that I decided to make my first short film. It went on to screen at th...
VM: Ghost BFFis a dark comedy about two best friends, Amy and Tara. Tara, the ghost, died by suicide and comes back to earth to confront her best friend on some recent life choices but also to find closure on earth. The idea came about after I lost a friend to suicide and had another friend who was suicidal.
VM: I think this world would be in a lot less trouble if there was equality, if there was diversity at the table, and if everyone got to enjoy clean water, safety, and shelter—not just a few. It’s important to my filmmaking because female voices have been ignored for so long. Only seeing and presenting one gender’s perspective is not only boring bu...
VM: I’m writing two new pilots for TV (one that is inspired by my Great grandmother’s journey from Hiroshima to Canada and one about the female mid-life crisis) and I’m also in a new show on Netflix called Grand Army which should be coming out soon and continuing my role on Letterkenny.
VM: I’m such a TV fan so my pick is A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW. It is unreal how funny it is. I love it with my heart and soul and have watched some of the sketches dozens of times.
Vanessa Matsui is the creator and star of Ghost BFF, a dark comedy series about two best friends, one of whom is a ghost. She talks about her personal experiences, the themes of the show, and the challenges of being a woman of colour in the Canadian film industry.
VANESSA MATSUI is a writer-actor-director from Toronto of Japanese decent. She created and stars in the short series Ghost BFF, which won Best Web Series at the LA Femme International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Web Series at the Austin Film Festival in 2017 and for two Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
Actor, writer, and director Vanessa Matsui is an industry veteran. She talks about her role in NatGeo’s Hot Zone: Anthrax, as well about the projects she’s created, and her personal mission to educate Canadians on the horrors of Japanese Internment.
