About Me

Joan Macbeth is the co-creator of the digital series Honestly Charlotte, based on her award-winning short film of the same name. She previously was co-writer and executive producer on the documentary My Shanghai, and worked with LA producer Michael Gruskoff (My Favorite Year, Young Frankenstein) on the script adaptation of Jennie Shortridge’s novel, When She Flew.  An optioned screenwriter,  Macbeth prefers to write female-driven feature scripts and has received top awards in several writing competitions. She is an alumna of ScreenwritingU and Writers Boot Camp in Los Angeles, and currently runs the international screenwriting competition for 

Women in Film and Television Vancouver.