hi, i’m minda wei
i’m a queer chinese-texan writer, SAG actor, & filmmaker based in LA. i built the #1 supercomputer in the world, survived the great texas freeze, and now i write frenetic tv comedy for aging punks surviving late-capitalism.
for hire & down as hell for your indie project
isa’s top 25 screenwriters to watch 2024
learningtimes emerging filmmaker 2023
austin chronicle comedy critics' pick 2020
director emeritus of austin sketch fest <3
story editor of spotify studio’s fogo podcast
featured scripts
After a mortifying Jeopardy loss, an obsessive young woman cheats her way back onto the show to prove she didn’t waste the last ten years of her life. Is she ready to watch her cousin become an all-time quiz show great? (30-min dramedy)
JEOP HEADS!
Godzilla's gay 20-something stepson avoids moving back in with his momager post-breakup. His life is made even worse by a human scientist who enters the kaiju world. (30-min adult animation)
KAIJU STEPSON
literary management: bbrucks@831ent.com
When the hard-partying first-born son of Laotian refugees finds himself broke and at a quarter-life crossroads, he's stretched thin between his dysfunctional family’s restaurant and his dysfunctional friends' film set. (30-min comedy, co-written with Phillip Shatkin)
LOTUS GRILLE
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direct contact:
commercial agents:
jessica ellis & traci delaney at IAG
literary & talent manager:
script samples, reel, resume, sketch packet, & booking on request