Anna Higgs

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Anna Higgs
OccupationFilm producer
Years active2006-present

Anna Higgs is a film producer known for 20,000 Days on Earth , [1] Dark Horse [2] and High-Rise . Higgs is a creative executive working at the intersection of film and digital storytelling. [3] [4] She is currently Director of Entertainment Partnerships at Facebook & Instagram in Northern Europe. [5]

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Early life and career

Higgs co-founded production company Quark Films in 2006. [6] From 2011 to 2015 Higgs joined Film4 as Commission Editor and Head of Digital of Film4.0 [7] Her first feature film for Film4 was A Field in England . [8] In 2012 she was selected as one of the inaugural Time Out ‘Culture 100’. From 2015 to 2017 Higgs was a creative director of NOWNESS. [9] Higgs is serving as an elected member of the Film Committee Bafta since 2018. [10] [11]

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