Awards & Selections

• 2024 Quarterfinalist, Outstanding Screenplays Shorts Competition

• 2024 Winner, Best Horror Short Script - Hollywood Just4Shorts

• 2023 Semifinalist, Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards Season 9 

• 2023 Winner, Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards Spring

• 2023 Quarterfinalist, Filmmatic - Inroads Fellowship Season 6

• 2023 Finalist Roma Prisma Awards

• 2023 Finalist New York International Screenplay Awards

• 2014 Best Picture 48-hour Challenge - NYC

• 2014 Official Selection - One Screen Film Festival (US)

• 2014 Official selection - 24FPS International Film Festival (US)

• 2013 Best music video - RPZ Awards - Lausanne (CH) 

• 2011 Best Picture - Stammplatz Contest - Zurich (CH) 2012

IO/ONE is a film director, Producer, and screenwriter based in Toronto, Canada, with over a decade of experience. Starting as a music video director and Director of Photography, he later shifted to screenwriting and directing.

He sees cinema as a powerful tool for revealing human resilience, confronting vulnerabilities, and inspiring change. Through storytelling, he explores the world’s complexities, emotions, and challenges.