Roney is a director, writer, and actor currently attending the Canadian Film Centre’s Cineplex Director’s Lab of 2019. In 2010, She moved to Toronto from Vancouver, B.C, to pursue a degree in film at Ryerson while playing for their varsity women’s basketball team. While attending school, Roney became heavily influenced by the emerging shift in television towards cinematic storytelling, and found a deep passion in writing narratives. After graduating she created a semi-autobiographical web series titled CHEAP WHINE. Through that series, Roney developed a love for directing, and in 2018 she wrote, produced, and directed her first short film, GLITTER’S WILD WOMEN, which played at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Vancouver International Film Festival, and several others. As a director, she’s become heavily influenced by filmmakers such as Jean Marc Valle (Cafe De Flore, Big Little Lies), Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favourite), and Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Inherent Vice). Roney has a distinct voice and strong drive to tell dark, subversive, honest, and honestly funny stories that transport the audience into surreal and magical realities similar to our own, and walk away with a deeper understanding of what it means to be a flawed human being.
