---
name: "Annetta Laufer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/annetta-laufer"
fi1m_id: "annetta-laufer"
tmdb_id: 1555278
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:35:39.437194+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."
---

# Annetta Laufer

## Identity

Annetta Laufer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/annetta-laufer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** annetta-laufer
- **TMDB ID:** 1555278
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1555278

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1555278

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Get Millie Black*](https://film.one/tv/get-millie-black.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Annetta Laufer is a British German Jamaican filmmaker and director. She began her career as an actor in theatre before moving into film, writing and directing several award-winning short films. In 2013 she founded Roman Candle Productions, focused on black and female-led stories.

Her television directing credits include the 2022 New Year’s Special of *Doctor Who* for BBC Studios and two episodes of the 2024 limited series *Get Millie Black*, created by Marlon James for HBO and Channel 4. She has also directed episodes of *The Forsytes*. Laufer is a Berlinale Talents alumnus and is developing feature projects including *Mother Country* with the BFI and *Wild Swimming* with Film4.

*Sources: directorsnow.com, imdb.com, berlinale-talents.de, casarotto.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Get Millie Black* (2024), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/get-millie-black.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Get Millie Black* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/get-millie-black.md)
- *Doctor Who: Eve of the Daleks* (2022), Director
- *The Arrival* (2018), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Afro Punk Girl* (2016), Director, Writer
- *Knife Edge* (2009), Script Supervisor
- *My Almost Famous Family* (2009), series, Script Supervisor

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