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EXCLUSIVE: Writer and head Anu Valia has signed pinch CAA for representation.
A postgraduate of New York University’s Tisch School of nan Arts, Valia’s short movie Lucia, Before and After won nan U.S. Fiction Award astatine nan Sundance Film Festival successful 2017.
Her TV directing credits see Steve Carell’s HBO series Rooster, Apple TV+’s deed Shrinking, from Bill Lawrence, Jason Segal, and Brett Goldstein, Disney+ and Marvel’s She-Hulk, FX’s Adults, HBO Max’s Sex and nan City sequel bid And Just Like That…, nan Ted Danson-starrer A Man connected nan Inside astatine Netflix, and Apple TV’s The Afterparty. Additionally, she is nan executive shaper and aviator head for Apple TV+’s Big Door Prize, which ran for 2 seasons.
For nan large screen, her debut feature, We Strangers, premiered astatine SXSW successful 2024 and won apical prizes astatine various different movie festivals. We Strangers follows Rayelle Martin (Kirby), a commercialized cleaning female successful Gary, Indiana, who stumbles into a caller occupation cleaning nan homes of respective rich, suburban families. While working, she tells 1 mini dishonesty that spins retired of control.
Valia is nan inaugural recipient of nan Blackwell Prize successful Filmmaking successful business pinch nan University of West Georgia. She is portion of nan Reframe Rise 2025-2026 cohort and was named The Gotham’s Series Creator to Watch successful 2025.
Valia continues to beryllium represented by Mosaic and Gang Tyre Ramer Brown & Passman.
