AS A FILMMAKER, Anya’s work recently has been honored at the Funny Girls in Film Festival and The Art of Brooklyn Festival and via nomination for the 2009 ECNY AWARDS for Best Short Comedic Film on a collaboration with Miss CKC (Carolyn Castiglia), TMC (Tom McCaffrey), and Beena Steena (Mara Herron) entitled DAMN (YOU WISH).

She helped produce a web series for COMEDY CENTRAL called HONESTY in 2006 which won a WEBBY AWARD for Best Comedy Series and was nominated for Best Web Series by the EMMY AWARDS.

While earning her B.F.A. in FILM/TELEVISION at NYU, she directed and crewed on a pilot named University Place which won Best Independent Pilot Student for the 2005 NY-TV FESTIVAL. She has since coordinated two feature films (THE BROOKLYN HEIST aka “Capers” and HAROLD), as well as shooting, directing, lighting, editing music videos and comedy sketches.

Additionally, she has production designed an NBC spec pilot and two web-serials for SUPER DELUXE, and is experienced with make-up and sfx make-up. She recently worked as a producer on the new syndicated show LATE NIGHT REPUBLIC.