Mars Horodyski is a Canadian Comedy Award-winning director with over a decade of directing experience. Her first feature film Ben’s at Home (which she directed, co-wrote and produced) has played over a dozen festivals and won several awards (Best Feature Rhodes Island Film Festival, Best Feature Canadian Film Fest, Best Feature & Audience Choice Rincon Film Festival, Audience Choice Gasparilla Film Festival). The film was released theatrically in Canada and had a recent digital release in the US. Her latest feature screenplayYou Have Feet in Your Shoes, which she penned with writing partner Dan Abramovici, was selected as a Top Ten Finalist at the 2015 Cinequest Screenwriting Competition. Mars' series credits include the BBC/DHX series The Next Step, the Emmy Award winning PBS series Odd Squad, the Amazon Series Dino Dana and the hit web series Carmilla. Mars was also one of six women directors to take part in the inaugral pUNK Films Femmes Lab supported by Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo. She is an alumnus of the CFC directing program and the recipient of the Norman Jewison Director Award.