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+), A MAN ON THE INSIDE (Netflix), 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.

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. Her upcoming feature, MOTHER TONGUE, was featured on The Women’s List. 

Anu is the inaugural recipient of the Blackwell Prize in Filmmaking in partnership with the University of West Georgia. She is part of the Reframe Rise 2025-2026 cohort, sponsored by Netflix and WIF and was also named a Gotham Series Creator to Watch in 2025.