Anya Camilleri

Anya Camilleri
Born 1972
Nationality British
Education University of Reading
Occupation Director, screenwriter
Years active 1990–present
Agent Elizabeth Dench
Known for Film "Jealousy"
Notable work NY-LON
Two Golden Balls
Incubus
Perfect

Anya Joan Camilleri[1] is a British film and television director and screenwriter of Maltese descent.[2][3]

Television

After graduating from the University of Reading with a Film and Theatre degree, Camilleri's first industry job was at Working Title Films, where she produced and directed commercials and pop videos, teaming up with Derek Jarman, Mike Newell, amongst others. She then directed a short film The Refund for BBC Television[2] and a music documentary That Was Then, This Is Now (1990) for the BBC Two's DEF II.[4] In 1991, she directed a drama, Eye Contact for Channel 4, starring Jason Isaacs..and in 1992/3, two episodes of Boon and four episodes of The Bill for ITV.[5]

In 1994, Camilleri directed Two Golden Balls,[6] a BBC television movie starting Kim Cattrall and Claire Skinner.[7] Camilleri's other UK television director credits include co-creating, co-writing and lead directing 2 series of Liverpool 1 (1998-1999) which the ITV schedule for 2 years running also two episodes of Moving On (2001).[8]

Camilleri is also the co-creator, co-writer, and a director of the television drama series NY-LON.[9] The title refers to New York City and London conceived as "a single city separated by an ocean". Starring Rashida Jones and Stephen Moyet. The series ran on Britain's Channel 4 from August through October 2009, and was later shown in the United States on BBC America.[10]

Film

Camilleri directed the 2006 horror film Incubus, starring Tara Reid.[11] In 2014, she was attached to direct Satisfaction starring Sharon Stone,[12] as a "cougar" dating a young gigalo,[13] played by Chris Evans[14] but the project has not yet filmed. Camilleri's thriller Perfect[15] was shown at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in 2013.[16]

Personal life

Camilleri is married to Simon Burke, her co-creator and co-writer for NY-LON, and screenwriter of Camilleri's earlier project Satisfaction. NY-LON is in part based on their relationship. They have two children[17] and a production company, Pandemonium Films Limited.[18] They live in Rome, Italy.[1][19] Anya Camilleri is the daughter of the late Maltese composer Charles Camilleri.[3][20]

References

  1. 1 2 "Anya Joan Camilleri". Company Check. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Anya Camilleri Director". (Agency Resume). Dench Arnold. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 Scerri, John. "Profs. Mro. Charles Camilleri Composer and Conductor". malta-canada.com — Hamrun — Important People. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "DEF II That Was Then, This Is Now". Radio Times (3462): 35. April 1990.
  5. ↑ "Agency". "Anya Camilleri". IMDB.com. Amazon.com. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Harris, Geraldine (2006). Beyond Representation: Television Drama and the Politics and Aesthetics of Identity. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press. pp. 48–49.
  7. ↑ "Two Golden Balls (1994)". Film Forever. British Film Institute. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Anya Camilleri". Film Forever. British Film Institute. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sharon Stone, Carice Van Houten get Satisfaction with Media 8". Screen Daily. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Smith, Emily. The Rachel Miner Handbook. p. 35.
  11. ↑ Buchanan, Jason. "Incubus (2005)". RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  12. ↑ McNary, Dave (October 12, 2009). "Stone, Van Houten find ‘Satisfaction’". Variety.
  13. ↑ "Sharon Stone will play a cougar in 'Satisfaction,' but doesn't want to be one". New York Daily News (New York, NY). October 12, 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Wieselman, Jarett (November 11, 2009). "Chris Evans takes his shirt off to make a point". New York Post Page Six (New York). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Scottish Screen Archive". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "ASFF Filmmaker Interview: Anya Camilleri". Aesthetica magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  17. ↑ O'Kelly, Lisa (July 31, 2004). "Flying to see you...". The Guardian (London, UK). Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  18. ↑ "Pandemonium Films Limited". Company Check. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  19. ↑ Burke, Simon; Camilleri, Anya. "Perugia, New Pool in a Villa's Garden". Studio Romizi — Our Renovation Works. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  20. ↑ de Villiers, Pierre (photos) (January 2010). "Music from Malta". Embassy Magazine.

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