Anu Menon

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Anu Menon
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Years active2012–present

Anu Menon is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She has directed movies such as London, Paris, New York (2012), Waiting (2016) and worked with non-mainstream actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Suhasini Maniratnam and Kalki Koechlin. Menon is a graduate of London Film School.

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Biography

Anu grew up in Delhi, studied in KV Andrews Ganj. She got her bachelor's in engineering at BITS Pilani and worked in advertising. She attended a workshop at NYFA and later enrolled for a filmmaking course at London Film School. [1] [2]

Early in her career, she made short films Ravi Goes To School, and Baby, a documentary on a Bengali domestic help who wrote a bestseller. [3] Her debut film was a romantic comedy London, Paris, New York (2012) starring Ali Zafar and Aditi Rao Hydari, The second movie Waiting (2016) featured Kalki Koechlin and Naseeruddin Shah, was produced by Ishka Films and Drishyam Films. [1] [4] [5] Menon was also part of a team of directors who worked on a collaborative project called X: Past Is Present in which she directed a segment called Oysters . [6] [7]

Anupama Menon (nee Balakrishnan) is married and her husband is from Kerala they have a daughter called Rhea Menon. [8]

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2012 London, Paris, New York
2015 X: Past Is Present Collaborative project along with 10 other filmmakers
2016 Waiting
2020 Shakuntala Devi
2023 Neeyat

Television

YearTitlePlatformNotes
2019 Four More Shots Please! Amazon Video 10 episodes
2022 Killing Eve BBC America
BBC Three 		2 episodes
2023 The Winter King (TV series) MGM+ 2 episodes

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References

  1. 1 2 ""'Waiting' Is A Universal Story That Anyone Would Relate To"- Anu Menon On Her Upcoming Film! - Jamuura Blog". Jamuura Blog. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "When Women Call The Shots: Anu Menon". Verve Magazine. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Director Anu Menon busy making films before Bwood debut London, Paris, New York" . Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Anu Menon bags Best Director award for 'Waiting' at LAFF - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "'Mainstream cinema needs a female voice': Anu Menon, director of 'Waiting'". Firstpost. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (31 October 2015). "11 filmmakers, one story". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 25 November 2017.
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