Anu Menon

For Lola Kutty, see Anuradha Menon

Anu Menon
Alma mater
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.

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

Short film

Year Title Director Writer Notes
2007 Ravi Goes to School Yes Yes
2015 Oysters Yes Yes Segment of X: Past Is Present

Feature film

Year Title Director Writer
2012 London, Paris, New York Yes Story
2016 Waiting Yes Yes
2020 Shakuntala Devi Yes Yes
2023 Neeyat Yes Yes

Television

Year Title Notes
2019 Four More Shots Please! Season 1
2022 Killing Eve 2 episodes
2023 The Winter King 2 episodes
2024 The Day of the Jackal 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b ""'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.
  7. ^ Pandolin (20 November 2015). "Bringing together diverse talent: X - Past is Present | Pandolin". Pandolin. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  8. ^ BollywoodLife. "LONDON PARIS NEW YORK director Anu Menon: Ali Zafar is a spontaneous actor!". Retrieved 25 November 2017.