Annie Nishida is a writer + illustrator from the San Gabriel Valley, CA. She is a fourth-generation Japanese American with an affinity for combining comedy and genre to explore the hilarity and horror of growing up.
She graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she was nominated for the Humanitas Prize’s Comedy Fellowship and wrote+directed two stage plays. She was previously staffed on Disney Channel’s Gabby Duran & the Unsittables, and Disney Junior’s Robogobo, and was most recently a Story Editor on Disney Channel’s Bunk’d: Learning the Ropes. Annie has written over 30 episodes of television, developed original animated projects with Hulu, Nickelodeon, and Apple, and is a fellow of the inaugural WarnerMedia Access Writers Program. She is currently available for development, staffing, and freelance.
Outside of tv writing, Annie writes and illustrates socially conscious comics + books, which she exhibits at indie publishing events across California (webstore here). She is a competitive synchronized ice skater and her life goal is to summon a ghost on the Queen Mary.
List of credits + representation info available here.