---
name: "Anna Boden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anna-boden"
fi1m_id: "anna-boden"
imdb_id: "nm1349818"
tmdb_id: 53069
wikidata_id: "Q4766862"
roles: ["Director","Writer","Producer"]
born: "20 September 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T11:26:16.083119+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anna Boden

## Identity

Anna Boden

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anna-boden
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anna-boden
- **IMDb ID:** nm1349818
- **TMDB ID:** 53069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4766862
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Boden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4766862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1349818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53069

Director and writer. Born 20 September 1976 in Berkeley, California, US.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 20 September 1976, Berkeley, California, US
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Ryan Fleck](https://film.one/person/ryan-fleck.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 81 (1), 2010s 74 (2), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Adventure 1, Science Fiction 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,136m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Boden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4766862, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1349818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53069

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Mrs. America*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md) (79), [*Captain Marvel*](https://film.one/film/captain-marvel.md) (60)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Half Nelson*](https://film.one/film/half-nelson.md) (81)
- **Apple TV:** [*Masters of the Air*](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md) (66)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Anna Boden is an American filmmaker who works primarily as a director, writer, editor and producer. She studied cinema and English at Columbia University and met Ryan Fleck while working on student films; the pair have collaborated on most of their projects since the early 2000s.

Boden wrote and edited the 2006 feature *Half Nelson*, directed by Fleck. With Fleck she has co-directed *Sugar* (2008), *It's Kind of a Funny Story* (2010), *Mississippi Grind* (2015), *Captain Marvel* (2019) and *Freaky Tales* (2024), and has directed episodes of series including *Billions* and *The Affair*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, college.columbia.edu.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (4) — the average rests on these

- *Masters of the Air* (2024), Fi1m 66, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Mrs. America* (2020), Fi1m 79, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md)
- *Captain Marvel* (2019), Fi1m 60, Story, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-marvel.md)
- *Half Nelson* (2006), Fi1m 81, Writer, Producer, Editor, Co-Director — [page](https://film.one/film/half-nelson.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Moonlight* (2016), Fi1m 89, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Freaky Tales* (2025), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Naked Singularity* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Mrs. America* (2020), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md)
- *Captain Marvel* (2019), Director, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-marvel.md)
- *Room 104* (2017), series, Writer, Director
- *Moonlight* (2016), Thanks — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/moonlight.md)
- *Billions* (2016), series, Director
- *Mississippi Grind* (2015), Director, Writer, Editor
- *The Affair* (2014), series, Director
- *It's Kind of a Funny Story* (2010), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *The Big C* (2010), series, Director
- *Children of Invention* (2010), Editor
- *30 for 30* (2009), series, Executive Producer
- *Sugar* (2008), Writer, Director, Editor, Executive Producer
- *Half Nelson* (2006), Producer, Editor, Co-Director, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/half-nelson.md)
- *Windowbreaker* (2006), Editor
- *Young Rebels* (2005), Editor, Producer, Director
- *Gowanus, Brooklyn* (2004), Producer, Editor, Writer
- *Have You Seen This Man?* (2003), Director
- *Criminal*, series, Director
- *Atmosphere*, Writer, Director, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Anna Boden](https://film.one/media/person/99331/gallery-ddd8cc385456.jpg) Anna Boden — Nate "Igor" Smith from Brooklyn, NY, USA - Drivenbyboredom.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Anne-boden_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, “Captain Marvel” co-directors, answer questions during a round table at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 7, 2019. The media round ](https://film.one/media/person/99331/gallery-6d982112de3e.jpg) Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, “Captain Marvel” co-directors, answer questions during a round table at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 7, 2019. The media round  — U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon.jpg/1280px-Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, “Captain Marvel” co-directors, answer questions during a round table at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 7, 2019. The media round ](https://film.one/media/person/99331/gallery-cf070127270a.jpg) Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, “Captain Marvel” co-directors, answer questions during a round table at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., March 7, 2019. The media round  — U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon_2.jpg/1280px-Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein holds an office call with Captain Marvel co-directors and producers in the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, March  (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/99331/gallery-16a1d3c964dd.jpg) Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein holds an office call with Captain Marvel co-directors and producers in the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, March  (2019) — U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon_3.jpg/1280px-Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Anna Boden](https://film.one/media/person/99331/gallery-a9ac81254d0f.jpg) Anna Boden — Image via TMDB
- ![Captain Marvel Co-Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck give remarks during a screening of Captain Marvel in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2019. The screening was he](https://film.one/media/person/99331/gallery-553123eb9223.jpg) Captain Marvel Co-Directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck give remarks during a screening of Captain Marvel in Washington, D.C., March 7, 2019. The screening was he — U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon_4.jpg/1280px-Anna_Boden_and_Ryan_Fleck_at_the_Pentagon_4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Members of the cast and crew of Captain Marvel visit Edwards Air Force Base with Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the first female fighter pilot (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/99331/gallery-caf0e68a4b25.png) Members of the cast and crew of Captain Marvel visit Edwards Air Force Base with Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, the first female fighter pilot (2019) — Shannon Collins, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Captain_Marvel_at_Edwards_Air_Force_Base_01.png/1280px-Captain_Marvel_at_Edwards_Air_Force_Base_01.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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