---
name: "Anu Schwartz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anu-schwartz"
fi1m_id: "anu-schwartz"
imdb_id: "nm1413366"
tmdb_id: 965320
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T02:56:51.170797+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."
---

# Anu Schwartz

## Identity

Anu Schwartz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anu-schwartz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anu-schwartz
- **IMDb ID:** nm1413366
- **TMDB ID:** 965320
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1413366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965320

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 56 (1), 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 62 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $109m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1413366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/965320

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Your Friends & Neighbors*](https://film.one/tv/your-friends-and-neighbors.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Anu Schwartz is a New York City-based production designer and art director working in film and television. He served as production designer on the series *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025–2026) and *The Politician* (2019–2020), and on *Dear Edward* (2023).

Earlier credits include supervising art director on *Fosse/Verdon* (2019) and *Maniac* (2018), and art director roles on *The Kitchen* (2019) and *The Reader* (2008). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program for his work on *Fosse/Verdon*.

Schwartz trained in art history, architecture and fine art painting. He chairs the Sustainability Committee at United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829.

*Sources: imdb.com, people.com, filmschule.de, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/your-friends-and-neighbors.md)
- *The Good Nurse* (2022), Fi1m 73, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md)
- *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), Fi1m 58, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md)
- *The Reader* (2008), Fi1m 56, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Your Friends & Neighbors* (2025), series, Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/your-friends-and-neighbors.md)
- *Zero Day* (2025), series, as Art Direction
- *Dear Edward* (2023), series, Production Design
- *The Good Nurse* (2022), as Art Direction — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md)
- *The Kitchen* (2019), Supervising Art Director
- *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), series, Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md)
- *Maniac* (2018), series, Supervising Art Director
- *Learning to Drive* (2014), Set Designer
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, as Art Direction — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *The Normal Heart* (2014), as Art Direction
- *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/only-lovers-left-alive.md)
- *Europa Report* (2013), as Art Direction
- *The Ordained* (2013), as Art Direction
- *The History of Future Folk* (2012), Production Design, Co-Producer
- *After.Life* (2009), as Art Direction
- *The Reader* (2008), as Art Direction — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)
- *Assassination of a High School President* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Awake* (2007), Assistant Property Master
- *The Savages* (2007), as On Set Dresser
- *The Last Romantic* (2006), Producer

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