wins Best Co-Pro Pitch at Seriencamp! 🎉
I’m a writer with a growing portfolio of fiction in development. I write about gloomy stuff - grief, mortality, dysfunctional families - with humour, frankness, and a female gaze. We live in volatile times, and the best way I know to make sense of this life is to tell stories that shine through the darkness.
I enjoy working in a variety of mediums, but TV writing is my happy place. I love to learn from fellow writers, and I thrive in collaborations where ideas are both challenged and given room to grow and evolve.
My debut dramedy, A Remarkable Woman, was developed through MIDPOINT Series Launch, recently won Best Co-Production Pitch at Seriencamp, and is currently in development with a UK-based producer Pat Tookey-Dickson. My second series, Veles, was selected for the Series Mania Writers’ Campus. My ultimate dream is to one day run a properly staffed writers’ room on a 20+ episode show - can we bring those back?
Originally from Izmail, Ukraine, I now live in Toronto. Formerly a journalist and a visual effects coordinator, I currently finance my writing career by working as a Product and Marketing Manager in the 3D/motion graphics field.
If you are looking for a writer, writing partner, story editor, or just a conversation - I’d love to chat! Send me a note, and I promise to tell you a funny story about how I met Al Pacino 👀️
︎︎︎ Email
︎︎︎ LinkedIn
︎︎︎ Instagram
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︎︎︎ My Services
I enjoy working in a variety of mediums, but TV writing is my happy place. I love to learn from fellow writers, and I thrive in collaborations where ideas are both challenged and given room to grow and evolve.
My debut dramedy, A Remarkable Woman, was developed through MIDPOINT Series Launch, recently won Best Co-Production Pitch at Seriencamp, and is currently in development with a UK-based producer Pat Tookey-Dickson. My second series, Veles, was selected for the Series Mania Writers’ Campus. My ultimate dream is to one day run a properly staffed writers’ room on a 20+ episode show - can we bring those back?
Originally from Izmail, Ukraine, I now live in Toronto. Formerly a journalist and a visual effects coordinator, I currently finance my writing career by working as a Product and Marketing Manager in the 3D/motion graphics field.
If you are looking for a writer, writing partner, story editor, or just a conversation - I’d love to chat! Send me a note, and I promise to tell you a funny story about how I met Al Pacino 👀️
︎︎︎ IMDb
︎︎︎ My Services

A Remarkable Woman pitch, TV Beats Forum, Tallinn Black Nights Festival, 2022
Veles pitch, Series Mania Forum, 2024

A Remarkable Woman pitch,
Seriencamp Conference, 2025 -
with Pat Tookey-Dickson
(and we won!!!)

TRAINING
Industry Workshops & Pitch Events:
︎︎︎ Seriencamp Co-Production Pitch 2025
︎︎︎ Series Mania Writers Campus 2024
︎︎︎ MIDPOINT Series Launch 2022
︎︎︎ MIDPOINT Writers Room 2021
Other Workshops:
︎︎︎ Immigrant Writers Workshop 2021
︎︎︎ Fiction Writing with Simon Van Booy 2021
︎︎︎ Nonfiction Writing with Michele Filgate 2021
︎︎︎ TV Writing with Alan Kingsberg 2014
Cinema Studies & Film Production:
︎︎︎ Sheridan College, Canada 2015
︎︎︎ FAMU, Prague 2014
︎︎︎ Sorbonne 3, Paris 2013
Journalism & Communications:
︎︎︎ Odesa National University, Ukraine 2012
Industry Workshops & Pitch Events:
︎︎︎ Seriencamp Co-Production Pitch 2025
︎︎︎ Series Mania Writers Campus 2024
︎︎︎ MIDPOINT Series Launch 2022
︎︎︎ MIDPOINT Writers Room 2021
Other Workshops:
︎︎︎ Immigrant Writers Workshop 2021
︎︎︎ Fiction Writing with Simon Van Booy 2021
︎︎︎ Nonfiction Writing with Michele Filgate 2021
︎︎︎ TV Writing with Alan Kingsberg 2014
Cinema Studies & Film Production:
︎︎︎ Sheridan College, Canada 2015
︎︎︎ FAMU, Prague 2014
︎︎︎ Sorbonne 3, Paris 2013
Journalism & Communications:
︎︎︎ Odesa National University, Ukraine 2012
PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT
Series:
︎︎︎ A Remarkable Woman
Writer / Creator
An episodic tragicomedy based on the diaries of Ukrainian artist Marie Bashkirtseff.
Winner of the Best Co-Production Pitch at Seriencamp Conference in 2025.
Originally developed in the MIDPOINT Series Launch workshop in 2022.
︎︎︎ Veles
Writer / Creator
A female-driven rural gothic set in an isolated fishing village.
Selected for the Writers Campus workshop at Series Mania in 2024.
Media Arts:
︎︎︎ A Place No More
Writer / Creator
A multimedia installation on immigrant grief for homelands lost to war and climate change.
Early research & development supported by the Canada Arts Council.
Series:
︎︎︎ A Remarkable Woman
Writer / Creator
An episodic tragicomedy based on the diaries of Ukrainian artist Marie Bashkirtseff.
Winner of the Best Co-Production Pitch at Seriencamp Conference in 2025.
Originally developed in the MIDPOINT Series Launch workshop in 2022.
︎︎︎ Veles
Writer / Creator
A female-driven rural gothic set in an isolated fishing village.
Selected for the Writers Campus workshop at Series Mania in 2024.
Media Arts:
︎︎︎ A Place No More
Writer / Creator
A multimedia installation on immigrant grief for homelands lost to war and climate change.
Early research & development supported by the Canada Arts Council.
Press:
︎︎︎ ‘1899’ and ‘Ghosts’ Producer Pat Tookey-Dickson Boards Anastasiia Starova’s ‘A Remarkable Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety 2025
︎︎︎ “The Future Of European Storytelling”:
Seriencamp Conference Leans Into Drama Co-Production With Eight New Projects
Deadline 2025
︎︎︎ Anastasiia Starova brings A Remarkable Woman to Germany
Playback 2025
︎︎︎ Anastasiia Starova selected for Writers Campus at Series Mania
Playback 2024
︎︎︎ ‘1899’ and ‘Ghosts’ Producer Pat Tookey-Dickson Boards Anastasiia Starova’s ‘A Remarkable Woman’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety 2025
︎︎︎ “The Future Of European Storytelling”:
Seriencamp Conference Leans Into Drama Co-Production With Eight New Projects
Deadline 2025
︎︎︎ Anastasiia Starova brings A Remarkable Woman to Germany
Playback 2025
︎︎︎ Anastasiia Starova selected for Writers Campus at Series Mania
Playback 2024