Makisa is a screenwriter and director working across psychological thriller, comedy, and horror, focused on high-concept stories about strong women navigating cultural power structures.
Her work includes Blog Baby (a short thriller in post-production, premiering Summer 2026), Unfluence (1-hour pilot about internet addiction) and The Spread (a dark comedy about a new-age coven).
She brings over a decade of narrative strategy experience across VICE, Hulu, ABC, TikTok, and The Atlantic, and is a winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Writing Fellowship through the Athena Film Festival and a participant in the 2026 Sundance Cultural Impact Residency.