Anjali Nayar

Anjali’s currently directing a Netflix Original with Tremolo Productions. In 2019, Anjali was named one of the top 40 filmmakers under 40 by DOCNYC and a director on the rise by Free The Work. Her work includes stories about warriors-turned runners, environmental activists, Afro-electric pop groups that want to go to Space and cross-continent escapes.  Anjali’s films have been supported by Cinereach, Sundance, and Tribeca, have screened at TIFF, IDFA and Hot Docs, and won countless awards, gone theatrical, and been acquired by Netflix and Amazon. Anjali sits on the advisory of the Environment and Human Rights Division of Human Rights Watch and is a lecturer at Cornell University.  She has a Masters in Journalism from Columbia and a Masters in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford.