Anu Menon

Anu Menon is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She has directed movies such as London, Paris, New York, Waiting (2016) and worked with non-mainstream actors like 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.

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. 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. 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.

Anupama Menon (nee Balakrishnan) is married and her husband is from Kerala they have a daughter called Rhea Menon.

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

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

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 2026 Avatar: The Last Airbender 2 episodes