Anya Camilleri

Anya Camilleri is a director, screenwriter and content creator in film and TV, working in the UK and Italy and fluent in both languages. After a film & theatre university degree, Anya produced and directed music videos for producer Tim Bevan at Working Title Films/Universal. Selected for the BBC Directors’ course, she directed TV film EYE CONTACT (C4) with a breakthrough role for Jason Isaacs. She went on to direct many hours of primetime TV drama : SCREEN TWO (BBC), starring Kim Cattrall, (Sex and the City) THE BILL (ITV) with David Harewood, Jimmy McGovern’s MOVING ON (BBC), CLINK (C5), HOLLYOAKS (C4) She then co-created and directed original TV dramas NY-LON (C4) a transatlantic love story starring Rashida Jones, then two series of LIVERPOOL 1 (ITV) a hard-hitting police drama, both series winning a host of international awards. Her short films PERFECT, starring Stephen Moyer, (True Blood) and JEALOUSY, starring Paul Nicholls, garnered festival wins globally. She wrote and directed short film A GIRL OF NO IMPORTANCE, which showcased at Cannes and won several international awards, including best director. The short inspired the screenplay of the movie LOST GIRLS, a thriller based on the real stories of young teenagers who escaped from sex traffickers. Recently, Anya originated a new 8-part TV series, COURTESANS, which she is writing with GOMORRA screenwriter Maddalena Ravagli for Banijay. Anya also co-created and is currently writing a greenlit dramedy MOTHERHOOD, produced by RAI TV.