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 Anya Adams is an award-winning Canadian-American director best known for Black-ish, Ginny & Georgia, and The Good Place. The Alice Initiative named Adams as one of the top emerging female filmmakers on The Alice List 2020. Winner of the NAACP Image Award 2020 for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for GLOW, Adams has since made her pilot debut directing Netflix Originals' popular coming-of-age drama series Ginny & Georgia.Adams began her career in the nonprofit sector travelling the world working with global citizen incubator Up With People for several years before transitioning to filmmaking. Following her acceptance into the DGA Trainee Program, the Canadian native from Vancouver, British Columbia relocated to Los Angeles where she trained on the set of such shows as Boomtown and The Practice. As a DGA member, Adams worked on some of the most successful television shows including Black-ish, The Mindy Project, CSI Miami, Community, Scrubs and The West Wing.In 2016, Adams directed her first short film, Lemonade Mafia, starring Marsai Martin, Yvette Nicole Brown and Ava Acres. Her career catapulted after directing an episode of Black-ish in 2017 and continues to soar.
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Anya Adams is an award-winning Canadian-American director best known for Black-ish, Ginny & Georgia, and The Good Place. The Alice Initiative named Adams as one of the top emerging female filmmakers on The Alice List 2020. Winner of the NAACP Image Award 2020 for Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series for GLOW, Adams has since made her pilot debut directing Netflix Originals' popular coming-of-age drama series Ginny & Georgia.Adams began her career in the nonprofit sector travelling the world working with global citizen incubator Up With People for several years before transitioning to filmmaking. Following her acceptance into the DGA Trainee Program, the Canadian native from Vancouver, British Columbia relocated to Los Angeles where she trained on the set of such shows as Boomtown and The Practice. As a DGA member, Adams worked on some of the most successful television shows including Black-ish, The Mindy Project, CSI Miami, Community, Scrubs and The West Wing.In 2016, Adams directed her first short film, Lemonade Mafia, starring Marsai Martin, Yvette Nicole Brown and Ava Acres. Her career catapulted after directing an episode of Black-ish in 2017 and continues to soar.
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She is the daughter of renowned visual artist, Jim Adams.Her paternal grandfather, Jimmy Adams, was one of the youngest members of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. He went on to form Jimmy and his Continentals orchestra band, performing with such greats as Count Basie, Louie Jordan and Fats Waller.Brother, J.J. Adams is a sports reporter for the Vancouver Sun.One of the top females in the Alice Initiative List for 2020 under "Women Who Have Not Directed a Feature". The list highlights promising up-and-coming female directors who are ready to helm their first studio film.Received her first big break from Kenya Barris to direct the Black-ish (2014) episode "Sister, Sister".Graduated from the University of Victoria (British Columbia) in Psychology.An alumna of Up With People, an international students program focused around intercultural communication and creating change in communities.Her mother is Jewish and her father is African American. |
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Anya Adams |
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Director,Second Unit Director or Assistant Director,Producer (IMDB) |
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Director,Second Unit Director or Assistant Director,Producer |
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Anya Adams is an award-winning Canadian-American director best known for Black-ish, Ginny & Georgia, and The Good Place. The Alice Initiative named Adams as one of the top emerging female filmmakers on The Alice List 2020. Winner of the NAACP Image A |
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She is the daughter of renowned visual artist, Jim Adams.Her paternal grandfather, Jimmy Adams, was one of the youngest members of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band. He went on to form Jimmy and his Continentals orchestra band, performing with such greats as Count Basie, Louie Jordan and Fats Waller.Brother, J.J. Adams is a sports reporter for the Vancouver Sun.One of the top females in the Alice Initiative List for 2020 under "Women Who Have Not Directed a Feature". The list highlights promising up-and-coming female directors who are ready to helm their first studio film.Received her first big break from Kenya Barris to direct the Black-ish (2014) episode "Sister, Sister".Graduated from the University of Victoria (British Columbia) in Psychology.An alumna of Up With People, an international students program focused around intercultural communication and creating change in communities.Her mother is Jewish and her father is African American. |
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Director,Second Unit Director or Assistant Director,Producer |
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