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{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}
{{Hatnote|For Lola Kutty, see [[Anuradha Menon]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anu Menon
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| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[BITS, Pilani]]|[[London Film School]]}}
| occupation = Director, screenwriter
| years_active = 2012–present
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'''Anu Menon''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter. She has directed movies such as ''[[London, Paris, New York]]'' (2012), ''[[Waiting (2015 film)|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 [[Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani|BITS Pilani]] and worked in advertising. She attended a workshop at NYFA and later enrolled for a filmmaking course at [[London Film School]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.jamuura.com/blog/waiting-is-a-universal-film-anyone-would-relate-to-anu-menon-on-waiting/|title="'Waiting' Is A Universal Story That Anyone Would Relate To"- Anu Menon On Her Upcoming Film! - Jamuura Blog|date=2016-05-19|work=Jamuura Blog|access-date=2017-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vervemagazine.in/people/when-women-call-the-shots-anu-menon|title=When Women Call The Shots: Anu Menon|date=2017-05-30|work=Verve Magazine|access-date=2017-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anu-menon-bollywood-london-paris-new-york/1/177076.html|title=Director Anu Menon busy making films before Bwood debut London, Paris, New York|access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Anu-Menon-bags-Best-Director-award-for-Waiting-at-LAFF/articleshow/51427402.cms|title=Anu Menon bags Best Director award for 'Waiting' at LAFF - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/mainstream-cinema-needs-a-female-voice-anu-menon-director-of-waiting-2808916.html|title='Mainstream cinema needs a female voice': Anu Menon, director of 'Waiting'|work=Firstpost|access-date=2017-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref> 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 ''[[X: Past Is Present#Oysters|Oysters]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/11-filmmakers-one-story/article7826671.ece|title=11 filmmakers, one story|last=Dundoo|first=Sangeetha Devi|date=2015-10-31|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-11-25|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pandolin.com/bringing-together-diverse-talent-x-past-is-present/|title=Bringing together diverse talent: X - Past is Present {{!}} Pandolin|last=Pandolin|date=2015-11-20|work=Pandolin|access-date=2017-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref>

Anupama Menon (''nee'' Balakrishnan) is married and her husband is from Kerala they have a daughter called Rhea Menon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/london-paris-new-york-director-anu-menon-ali-zafar-is-a-spontaneous-actor/|title=LONDON PARIS NEW YORK director Anu Menon: Ali Zafar is a spontaneous actor!|last=BollywoodLife|access-date=2017-11-25|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 2012
| ''[[London, Paris, New York]]''
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|-
| 2015
| ''[[X: Past Is Present]]''
| Collaborative project along with 10 other filmmakers
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Waiting (2015 film)|Waiting]]''
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Shakuntala Devi (film)|Shakuntala Devi]]''
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Neeyat (2023 film)|Neeyat]]''
|
|}

== Television ==
{| class="wikitable"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Platform
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Four More Shots Please!]]''
| [[Amazon Video]]
| 10 episodes
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Killing Eve]]''
| [[BBC America]] <br> [[BBC Three]]
| 2 episodes
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=7278299|name=Anu Menon}}

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