Aditya Mayya is a Canadian writer, filmmaker, and comedian, based in New York City. He is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, with a BFA in Film and Television, and is the recipient of several writing awards, including the 2017 Josh Goldfaden Award and the 2020 Award of Excellence in Writing. He has written for humour publications The Black Sheep and Washington Square Local and has had his work nationally featured. He is focused on creating engaging, emotionally-affecting, socially-conscious work.