Writer. Director. Producer.

Photographed by Joshua Kissi.

AMY ANIOBI

is a writer/director/producer best known for her work on the NAACP Award-winning, Emmy-nominated HBO comedy series, “insecure.” She has recently directed episodes of “Survival of the Thickest” (Netflix), “Rap Sh!t” (Max) and “insecure” (HBO), as well as the award-winning short film, “Honeymoon,” which explores a modern-day Nigerian couple’s awkward first day of marriage. She is under a TV overall deal at HBO/Max.

ANIOBI is the founder of production company, SuperSpecial, and talent incubator, TRIBE, and she delights in mentoring emerging writers and creatives. She has served as a mentor for several writing programs, including the Sundance New Voices Lab (2017, 2018) and Sundance Episodic Lab (2017), and has taught TV writing in the prestigious UCLA MFA Screenwriting Program. She also currently serves on the Director’s Alumni Cabinet for Stanford Humanities Center and was a Distinguished Industry Mentor for University of Georgia’s new film school in its inaugural year. 

Before working on “insecure,” ANIOBI was season one showrunner for “2 Dope Queens” (HBO) and a writer on “Silicon Valley” (HBO). She got her start writing for NBC, performing improv at UCB with her team Tiny Pizza and writing, directing and/or producing comedy web series such as “Lisa and Amy Are Black,” “The Slutty Years” and “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.” ANIOBI is Nigerian, hails from North Texas, graduated from Stanford University and UCLA and lived in France in her early twenties. She enjoys whiskey, cookies, bougie travel and long naps.