Gabe Gabriel is a writer, director, and actor who has penned feature-length works for US, Canadian, and South African producers and was the lead writer on Yash Raj Films’ tv series, The Mandala Murders, starring Vaani Kapoor. Following his directorial debut – South Africa’s first gay romcom – his semi-autobiographical film, Runs In The Family, released on Netflix in 2023 and went on to be nominated for Outstanding Film (tv/streaming) at the 35th GLAAD Awards. In recent years, Gabe has been selected to develop original TV show concepts for the Netflix x Realness Institute’s Episodic Lab and the Canada-South Africa co-development fund, to pitch for Film Independent’s 2023 Fast Track, and to write and direct an original short film for the BFI More Films For Freedom fund. Since coming out as transgender, he has landed international acting roles opposite the likes of Zazie Beetz, Glen Powell, Patricia Arquette, Myha’la, Ken Jeong, Tom Felton, and Dave Bautista. Gabe is represented by Seven Summits Film and Silvera Management in the US and by David Keyser at Torchwood Literary in South Africa.