Anya Camilleri

Anya Camilleri
Born	1972
Nationality	British
Education	University of Reading
Occupation	Director, screenwriter
Years active	1990–present
Agent	Elizabeth Dench
Known for	Film "Jealousy"
Notable work	NY-LON Two Golden Balls Incubus Perfect

Anya Joan Camilleri is a British film and television director and screenwriter of Maltese descent.

After graduating from the University of Reading with a Film and Theatre degree, Camilleri's first industry job was at Working Title Films, where she produced and directed commercials and pop videos, teaming up with Derek Jarman, Mike Newell, amongst others. She then directed a short film The Refund for BBC Television and a music documentary That Was Then, This Is Now (1990) for the BBC Two's DEF II. In 1991, she directed a drama, Eye Contact for Channel 4, starring Jason Isaacs..and in 1992/3, two episodes of Boon and four episodes of The Bill for ITV.

In 1994, Camilleri directed Two Golden Balls, a BBC television movie starting Kim Cattrall and Claire Skinner. Camilleri's other UK television director credits include co-creating, co-writing and lead directing 2 series of Liverpool 1 (1998-1999) which the ITV schedule for 2 years running also two episodes of Moving On (2001).

Camilleri is also the co-creator, co-writer, and a director of the television drama series NY-LON. The title refers to New York City and London conceived as "a single city separated by an ocean". Starring Rashida Jones and Stephen Moyet. The series ran on Britain's Channel 4 from August through October 2009, and was later shown in the United States on BBC America.

Camilleri directed the 2006 horror film Incubus, starring Tara Reid. In 2014, she was attached to direct Satisfaction starring Sharon Stone, as a "cougar" dating a young gigalo, played by Chris Evans but the project has not yet filmed. Camilleri's thriller Perfect was shown at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in 2013.

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