Anu Valia
Visiting Filmmaker, MFA in Film
Profile
Anu Valia is a writer/director whose roots are in India and Indiana. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Anu’s work has screened around the world. Her short film, LUCIA, BEFORE AND AFTER won the US Fiction Award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017.
Anu’s TV directing credits include SHRINKING (Apple), SHE-HULK (Marvel, Disney+), The AFTERPARTY (Apple), AND JUST LIKE THAT (HBO), SHRILL (Hulu), NEVER HAVE I EVER (Netflix). She is the executive producer and pilot director for Apple TV’s BIG DOOR PRIZE created by Emmy-winning writer David West Read (Schitt’s Creek). Her debut feature, WE STRANGERS, premiered at SXSW in 2024 and is supported by Cinereach, Sundance Institute, Women in Film, Tribeca Institute, IFP, and Hamptons Screenwriters Lab.