Rob Michaels is an Iraqi writer, director, and performer based between Toronto and LA.

He recently wrote on season 2 of the Will Arnett and Cobie Smulders animated series SUPER TEAM CANADA as well as season 3 of the hit Crave series LATE BLOOMER. He’s also written for CBC’s workplace comedy ONE MORE TIME, Roku’s CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING, and CTV’s ROAST BATTLE CANADA – garnering multiple Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Writing. His directorial feature debut, PLEASE, AFTER YOU, premiered at numerous Canadian film festivals and is now available digitally on Apple TV. He has performed extensively with THE SECOND CITY and teaches in their sketch and TV writing programs. His sketch comedy channel, WISHFUL GENIES, has accumulated millions of views online via features on outlets including Funny Or Die and 9GAG.

Rob’s greatest accomplishment is completing a math degree and a business degree simultaneously, then choosing a career that requires neither.