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

Television

After graduating from the

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with a Film and Theatre degree, Camilleri's first industry job was at

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, 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

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. In 1991, she directed a drama, ''Eye Contact'' for Channel 4, starring Jason Isaacs..and in 1992/3, two episodes of ''

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'' and four episodes of ''

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'' for ITV. In 1994, Camilleri directed ''Two Golden Balls'', a BBC television movie starting

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and

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. 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 Hollyoaks Christmas Special ''Indecent Behaviour''. Camilleri is also the co-creator, co-writer, and a director of the television drama series ''

NY-LON ''NY-LON'' is a 2004 British drama series that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The series was created and written by Simon Burke and Anya Camilleri, and starred Rashida Jones and Stephen Moyer. ''NY-LON'' was also broadcast on BBC A ...

''. The title refers to

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and

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conceived as "a single city separated by an ocean". Starring Rashida Jones and Stephen Moyet. The series ran on Britain's

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from August through October 2009, and was later shown in the United States on

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. More recently, Camilleri directed the episode ''Isbelle'' of Jimmy McGovern's '' Moving On'' contemporary drama anthology, which aired on

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on 6 February 2019.

Film

Camilleri directed the 2006 horror film ''Incubus'', starring

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. Camilleri's thriller ''Perfect'' was shown at the

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in 2013. Camilleri directed the short film ''Jealousy'' in 2016. In 2017, Camilleri wrote and directed ''A Girl of No Importance'', a short film which premiered at Cannes Short Film Corner. It was shortlisted for the UK Arts & Humanities Research Council's Inspiration Award, which describes the film as "the story of a teenaged prostitute who escapes from her traffickers, only to find herself lost in the medieval streets of Rome."

Personal life

Anya Camilleri is the daughter of the late Maltese composer

Charles Camilleri Charles Camilleri (7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) was a Maltese composer. Early life Camilleri was born in Ħamrun and, as a teenager, composed many works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta. Career Camilleri moved fro ...

. She is married to Simon Burke, her co-creator and co-writer for ''Liverpool 1'' (2x7 hour series) for ITV and ''NY-LON'', a transatlantic love story for

, which is partly based on their relationship. They have two children.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camilleri, Anya 1961 births Living people English film directors English television directors British women television directors English women film directors