Anaïs Schaaff i Moll (born 13 March 1974) is a Spanish television writer and producer.

Biography

Schaaff was born in

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to television director and producer Sergi Schaaff (1937–2023) and actress (born 1944), and has a sister Abigail who is a director. She graduated in the humanities from the

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before studying writing and direction at the

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. Unable to make a living from theatre, Schaaff asked for television work from her father, the creator and director of the

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(TVE)

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'' Saber y ganar''. She then passed an audition to write for the children's programme ''

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'', and wrote for the first three seasons of the

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drama series ''

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''. There, she met , with whom she created and wrote the detective series ' (2012–2014), also co-operating on ''Isabel'' (a 2012 historical drama about

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) and the 1940s-set period drama '' La sonata de silencio'' (2016). In 2013, Schaaff and Olivares set up the production company Cliffhanger TV, responsible for the

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series '' El ministerio del tiempo'' which ran on La 1 from 2015 to 2020. She was also a producer and wrote an accompanying novel for the series. Schaaff was the creator of ''La última'', a five-episode 2022 musical drama directed by her sister and starring singer Aitana in her first acting role. It was the first series from Spain to be streamed by

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, being titled ''Our Only Chance'' in English.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaaff, Anais 1974 births Living people Pompeu Fabra University alumni Spanish television writers Spanish television producers Spanish women television producers Spanish science fiction writers