Anya Beyersdorf
- Writer
- Actress
- Director
Anya is the creator of FAKE for Paramount+ starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham and produced by Imogen Banks and Emelyne Palmer.
Anya's other TV credits include several high-profile TV series including THE TWELVE S2 starring Sam Neill, the AACTA and AWGIE Award winning series FIRES for ABC and NBC International; EDEN for Stan with Bryan Elsey (SKINS) and Every Cloud and the documentary series THE BLACK HAND presented by Anthony La Paglia for WildBear Entertainment and ABC.
Anya's UK/AUS co-production short film IT'S ME was commissioned by producer Lee Magiday (THE LOBSTER, THE FAVOURITE) starring Maxine Peake and Russell Tovey and premiered at the Manchester Film Festival in 2020.
Anya has won two Australian Writer's Guild (AWGIE) Awards: the first for PARADISE (2014) and again for FIRES in 2023. She was one of four inaugural winners of the Lexus Short Film Fellowship at Sydney Film Festival for HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (2017).
Anya's original feature script SERPENTINE was a semi-finalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships (Oscars 2016), was shortlisted for the Sundance Labs and Austin Film Fest and was featured on the inaugural "Aussie" Black List in 2018).
Anya's other TV credits include several high-profile TV series including THE TWELVE S2 starring Sam Neill, the AACTA and AWGIE Award winning series FIRES for ABC and NBC International; EDEN for Stan with Bryan Elsey (SKINS) and Every Cloud and the documentary series THE BLACK HAND presented by Anthony La Paglia for WildBear Entertainment and ABC.
Anya's UK/AUS co-production short film IT'S ME was commissioned by producer Lee Magiday (THE LOBSTER, THE FAVOURITE) starring Maxine Peake and Russell Tovey and premiered at the Manchester Film Festival in 2020.
Anya has won two Australian Writer's Guild (AWGIE) Awards: the first for PARADISE (2014) and again for FIRES in 2023. She was one of four inaugural winners of the Lexus Short Film Fellowship at Sydney Film Festival for HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN (2017).
Anya's original feature script SERPENTINE was a semi-finalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowships (Oscars 2016), was shortlisted for the Sundance Labs and Austin Film Fest and was featured on the inaugural "Aussie" Black List in 2018).
