 
        
        
      
    
    MARINA YAP
(SHE/HER)
Marina Yap is a queer Filipino-Canadian filmmaker, actor, and writer from Toronto, Canada. Officially joining the team in 2020, she has worked on many Gooshlems projects as a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actor. Her passion for film and representation of marginalized communities in media is what drives her towards creating new, inspiring projects. Marina hopes to create more fantastical, compelling stories in the future that reflect her artistic voice and love of emotionally driven storytelling.
BRAND DIRECTOR
- 
      
        
          
        
      
      Just Friends Again (Post-Production, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz & Marley Abdull) • Siena Everything’s Great, You? (2024, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) • Sophia The Retreat of the Turtledove and the Honey Badger (2023, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz & Marina Yap) • Turtledove Pseudo Mailman (2022, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz & Marina Yap) • Olivia Torres #GOOSHLEMS (2021) • Herself (Series Regular) Please Laugh (2020, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) • Olivia Vasya’s New (2020, dir. Alaina Lindsay) • Vasya Without A Voice (2019, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) • Nameless Silent Treatment (2019, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) • Girlfriend 
- 
      
        
      
      My Script Sucks!!! (Pre-Production) • Gooshlems • Short Film The Retreat of the Turtledove and the Honey Badger (2023) • Gooshlems • Short Film, with Kristoffer Bradley Cruz Pseudo Mailman (2022) • Gooshlems • Short Film, with Kristoffer Bradley Cruz My Pumpkin, My Boo (2020) • Gooshlems • Short Film 
- 
      
        
      
      My Script Sucks!!! (Pre-Production) • Gooshlems • Short Film The Retreat of the Turtledove and the Honey Badger (2023) • with Kristoffer Bradley Cruz My Pumpkin, My Boo (2020) • Gooshlems • with Kristoffer Bradley Cruz 
- 
      
        
      
      Dan and Eli (2022, dir. Ryan Tocheri) • Executive Producer Pseudo Mailman (2022, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz & Marina Yap) Kenner’d (2021, dir. Ryan Tocheri) • Executive Producer Golden Child (2020, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) The Inventor (2020, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) My Pumpkin, My Boo (2020, dir. Marina Yap) Please Laugh (2020, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) White Noise (2020, dir. Ryan Tocheri) • Executive Producer 
- 
      
        
      
      Tonight, You Will Shine! (2022, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) • Play Director Golden Child (2020, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) • First Assistant Director The Inventor (2020, dir. Kristoffer Bradley Cruz) • First Assistant Director My Pumpkin, My Boo (2020, dir. Marina Yap) • Director of Photography 

