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Anya Adams

Anya Adams

Director, also producer

Independent Spirit Award nominee

Anya Adams is an award-winning Canadian-American director best known for Ginny & Georgia, North of North and Bridgerton. 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 directed two successful series pilots for Netflix Originals' , the wildly successful coming-of-age drama Ginny & Georgia and the 2025 breakout comedy North of North. 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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Works as
Director, also producer
Titles
24 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 13% in 30 days

What are Anya Adams' films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
33%
Bonds
24%
Power
15%
Society
12%
Survival
7%
Morality
5%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Hopeful
3
Warm
2
Contemplative
3
Joyful
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anya Adams' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (8).

Subscription and free streaming for Anya Adams' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.

  • North of North(2025)

    Show 16 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • NCIS: Origins(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Decameron(2024)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Prom Pact(2023)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Not Dead Yet(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • A League of Their Own(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Roar(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows

  • Yellowjackets(2021)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Mr. Mayor(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.(2021)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Bridgerton(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Social Distance(2020)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • Second Acts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Bless This Mess(2019)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Charmed(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all shows

  • Single Parents(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • GLOW(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • American Housewife(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Speechless(2016)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Good Place(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Expanse(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Fresh Off the Boat(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Black-ish(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Body of Proof(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 22 titles from 2011 to 2025.

Highest rated

NCIS: Origins (2024)

Midcredits 78th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing21 of 22: 19 only directing, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score73rdProducing2 of 22: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 22: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

2010s11 · crew2020s11 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

Nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2026, Best New Scripted Series.

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

Is Anya Adams' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 39 · moderateMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Anya Adams work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anya Adams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jake Kasdan shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers