ANNA FITCH

Anna Fitch is a multidisciplinary artist and Emmy award-winning director based in San Francisco. She is known for her creative approach to elevating unlikely protagonists in both natural and human worlds.

Anna’s films have aired on PBS, BBC, the National Geographic Channel, Al Jazeera and Channel 4 UK, among others. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Sundance Documentary Fund, the Tribeca Film Institute, the MacArthur Foundation, SFFILM, the Center for Cultural Innovation, the Creative Work Fund, Pacific Pioneer Fund, Doc Society, the Catapult Film Fund, The Fledgling Fund, the Bertha Foundation, and the Headlands Center for the Arts.

Selected filmography

Heaven Through the Backdoor Director in production

Octopus: Making Contact Director PBS Nature / BBC Natural World (2019)

SURVIVORS co-Director POV | PBS (2018) Al Jazeera | Witness (2019)

The Genius of Marian co-Director POV | PBS (2014)

The Burning Wigs of Sedition Director narrative short (2011)

ScrapHouse Director National Geographic (2006)

Bugworld Director Channel 4 (2002)