---
name: "Anu Valia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anu-valia"
fi1m_id: "anu-valia"
imdb_id: "nm3060183"
tmdb_id: 1555382
wikidata_id: "Q99541762"
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-01T00:20:12.617910+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 Valia

## Identity

Anu Valia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anu-valia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anu-valia
- **IMDb ID:** nm3060183
- **TMDB ID:** 1555382
- **Wikidata ID:** Q99541762
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Valia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99541762, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3060183/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1555382

Director. Born in Indiana.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Active:** 2020–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Rebecca Asher](https://film.one/person/rebecca-asher.md), [Annie Mebane](https://film.one/person/annie-mebane.md), [Bill Lawrence](https://film.one/person/bill-lawrence.md), [Jonathan Krisel](https://film.one/person/jonathan-krisel.md), [Maggie Carey](https://film.one/person/maggie-carey.md), [Oz Rodriguez](https://film.one/person/oz-rodriguez.md), [Zach Braff](https://film.one/person/zach-braff.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 67 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 3, Crime 2, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Valia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99541762, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3060183/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1555382

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Never Have I Ever*](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md) (74), [*A Man on the Inside*](https://film.one/tv/a-man-on-the-inside.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*High Potential*](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shrinking*](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md) (61)
- **HBO Max:** [*Rooster*](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Anu Valia is an American director, writer and producer. Born in Indiana, she graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her short film *Lucia, Before and After* (2017) won the U.S. Fiction Award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Valia has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Rooster* (2026), *Shrinking* (2023–), *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law* (2022), *And Just Like That…* (2021–), *The Afterparty* (2022), *A Man on the Inside* (2024), *High Potential* (2024) and *Never Have I Ever* (2020). She served as executive producer and pilot director on *The Big Door Prize* (2023).

Her debut feature film, *We Strangers* (2024), premiered at SXSW. She is the inaugural recipient of the Blackwell Prize in Filmmaking.

*Sources: deadline.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Rooster* (2026), Fi1m 57, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *A Man on the Inside* (2024), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-man-on-the-inside.md)
- *High Potential* (2024), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Shrinking* (2023), Fi1m 61, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Rooster* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *We Strangers* (2025), Writer, Director
- *Adults* (2025), series, Director
- *A Man on the Inside* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-man-on-the-inside.md)
- *Interior Chinatown* (2024), series, Director
- *High Potential* (2024), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/high-potential.md)
- *Based on a True Story* (2023), series, Director
- *The Big Door Prize* (2023), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Shrinking* (2023), series, Director — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/shrinking.md)
- *She-Hulk: Attorney at Law* (2022), series, Director
- *The Afterparty* (2022), series, Director
- *And Just Like That…* (2021), series, Director
- *Genera+ion* (2021), series, Director
- *Love, Victor* (2020), series, Director
- *Love Life* (2020), series, Director
- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens* (2020), series, Director
- *mixed-ish* (2019), series, Director
- *Chained for Life* (2019), as Another Nurse
- *Brooklyn Love Stories* (2019), Director, Writer
- *The Other Two* (2019), series, Night Nurse Director, Director
- *Soft Focus with Jena Friedman* (2018), Executive Producer, Director
- *A.P. Bio* (2018), series, Director
- *At Home with Amy Sedaris* (2017), series, Director
- *Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Combat Zone* (2017), Producer
- *Village People* (2017), as Ruby
- *Troll* (2017), Director
- *Lucia, Before and After* (2017), Writer, Director
- *Blue, Blue* (2017), Writer, Director
- *Love Reset* (2016), as Asha
- *Drifters* (2014), Director
- *Yay or Nay* (2013), series, as Producer
- *Unforgettable* (2011), series, as Simone
- *Pizza Quest!* (2011), Producer
- *BearShark* (2011), series, Producer
- *Hardly Working* (2008), series, Actor
- *Hardly Working: All-Nighters* (2008), series, First Assistant Director
- *Phantom of the Office* (2008), series, Actor

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