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name: "Anya Adams"
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# Anya Adams

Director. Born in Vancouver.

## Details

- **Work:** Director

## Biography

Anya Adams is a Canadian-American television director. Born in Vancouver, she began her career in the nonprofit sector with the global citizen programme Up With People before entering the film industry. She trained through the Directors Guild of America trainee programme in Los Angeles, working on series including *Boomtown* and *The Practice*, and later as a DGA member on shows such as *black-ish*, *The Mindy Project* and *The West Wing*.

Adams directed her first short film, *Lemonade Mafia*, in 2016. She has directed episodes of numerous series, including *Yellowjackets* (2021–), *Bridgerton* (2020–), *Ginny & Georgia* (2021–), *The Expanse* (2015–), *The Good Place* (2016–), *GLOW* (2017–) and *black-ish* (2014–). She won NAACP Image Awards for outstanding directing in a comedy series for episodes of *GLOW* (2020) and *black-ish* (2021). She also directed the feature *Prom Pact* (2023) and episodes of *North of North* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Yellowjackets* (2021), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/yellowjackets.md)

## Also known for

- *Bridgerton* (2020), Director
- *The Expanse* (2015), Director
- *The Good Place* (2016), Director
- *Charmed* (2018), Director
- *GLOW* (2017), Director
- *black-ish* (2014), Director
- *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015), Director
- *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (2020), Director

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