A Disney writing program participant on staffing on The Rookie: North and getting Netflix to fund her debut short.
Monica Lucas is a 2026 Disney Entertainment Television Writing Program participant and currently a staff writer on ABC’s “THE ROOKIE: NORTH.”
Netflix funded her writer-director debut short film, DOUBLE BIRTHDAY CHRISTMAS WEDDING, starring Lilli Kay (STICK). Her second short, YOU’VE GOT MATCHES, starring Emily Pendergast (JURY DUTY: COMPANY RETREAT), was funded after winning the 2025 Moving Picture Institute’s Short Film Lab.
Previously, Monica was named a 2024 Artist Disruptor by the Center for Cultural Power, a Writer-in-Residence at Hedgebrook, and an Official Selection of the 2025 Women’s List. She is also the only writer to date who has been awarded both the Accelerate Screenwriting Fellowship and the Visionary Filmmaking Fellowship by the Inevitable Foundation, which supports the careers of disabled writers.
Before coming to Hollywood Monica worked in Washington DC for various nonprofits and think tanks before coming to Los Angeles to attend the USC School of Cinematic Arts where she got her MFA in Writing for Screen and Television, graduating in 2019.
IG: @moni4trees
Website: https://www.monicacecilialucas.com/
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