Ally Pankiw is a Canadian film and television writer and director from

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'', June 3, 2022. whose debut feature film '' I Used to Be Funny'' premiered in 2023.Rachel Ho
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'', May 31, 2023.

Career

Pankiw began her career with

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, directing music videos for artists such as

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and

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, as well as making short films. Beginning in 2017 she directed the comedy web series ''Terrific Women'' for

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, as well as becoming a story editor on the television sitcom ''

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''. She subsequently directed the entire first season of

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's semi-autobiographical comedy series '' Feel Good'', as well as episodes of '' Shrill'' and ''

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'', December 15, 2022. In 2022, she was announced as co-creator with Dan Levy of ''Standing By'', an animated comedy series about a group of disgruntled

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s, for

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. ''I Used to Be Funny'' premiered at the 2023

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festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2023

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. She also directed "

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", a 2023 episode of the anthology series ''

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'' which starred

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and

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Awards

She received a

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nomination for Best Direction in a Web Series at the

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in 2018, for ''Terrific Women''. At

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, ''I Used to Be Funny'' won the Audience Award for best narrative feature film.

Personal life

Pankiw was in a relationship with Naomi McPherson of the band

References

External links

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