Miranda Aguilar
Miranda Aguilar (they/them1) is a queer, Filipinx writer, creative producer and community arts worker2.
They write for stage, screen and beyond, and support emerging artists and story-tellers through their day job at CuriousWorks.
They are a proud member of Ka-llective, a Sydney-based collective of Asian-Australian creatives from multiple disciplines.
In 2023, they were part of the UNTAPPED Development Lab, presented by Screen Australia and Australians in Film.
In 2022, they were a part of the AFTRS National Talent Camp, and the Co-Curious Bright Side writing program as part of the Netflix Fund for Creativity.
They write scripts and stories for soft-spoken brown weirdoes, spicy gay nerds, and hopeful pessimists.
In an increasingly disconnected and unempathetic world, their work cracks open an audience's brittle shell, releasing a tidal wave of emotion, laughter, tears - everything simmering under the surface and dredged up from the depths.
Occasionally, they like to write about something hopeful and send it directly to your inbox. Because you deserve something nice once in a while, As A Treat.
If you need a more formal bio, here’s the ~100ish-word application/grant/etc-appropriate version:
Miranda Aguilar is a queer, Filipinx writer, creative producer and community arts worker. They write for stage, screen and beyond. Their credits include acting as showrunner and one of the lead writers for Las Rosas(2017), producing Prone to the Drone (2019), and writing ‘Let Me Know When You Get Home’, their first full-length play. They are a member of Ka-llective, a group of Asian-Australian multidisciplinary artists currently developing their first theatre work, Salt Baby. Their work has been previously supported by Australia Council of Arts, CreateNSW, Blacktown Arts, PACT, and APT among others. In 2023, they were selected for the Screen Australia and Australian’s in Film UNTAPPED 2023 Development Lab for their work-in-development, Courting Ghosts. In 2022, they were a part of the AFTRS National Talent Camp, and the Co-Curious Bright Side writing program as part of the Netflix Fund for Creativity. They were been on the CuriousWorks Management Committee from 2019 - 2022. They currently produce community arts programs with CuriousWorks.
You might notice this site has some pages in progress/links to other websites instead of individual pages. This was on purpose. Life is a work-in-progress. They have chosen to chill out about this, and update this when they have time.3 They hope you will do the same.
Currently Reading: Against the Loveless World, by Susan Abulhawa
Currently Watching: Never Stop Blowing Up
Currently Listening to: This American Ex-Wife, the podcast
Currently Playing: Wilmot’s Warehouse
1 What are pronouns? Why do they matter? https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why2 Writer, etc for short
3I never have time. What I mean is, when I am meant to be working on something else that I have decided to procrastinate on, like sleep.