Anndi is…
a writer & director based in NYC, born and raised in Virginia. She is drawn to stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, where heart and humor intersect.
Her short film, "Jelly", narrated by André Holland, was awarded the Oscar-qualifying HBO Short Film Award at the 2023 American Black Film Festival. The film has since been accepted into 16 U.S festivals, received ten nominations, and won five additional awards including the prestigious Jury Award for Best African-American Student Filmmaker by the Directors Guild of America. It has also been nominated for a 2024 Humanitas Prize for Best Short Screenplay.
Her latest short film, “Tender Thoughts”, had its world premiere at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. The film, starring Denée Benton (The Gilded Age), was made as a part of Indeed’s Rising Voices program, a co-production between Lena’s Waithe’s Hillman Grad and 271 Films. The film screened in select theaters across the country prior to Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and is currently available to stream on HULU.
Prior to film school, Anndi got her start in television as the Executive Assistant to Al Roker at NBC’s Today Show. She has since supported Tessa Thompson in her role as Executive Producer and lead actor in upcoming Netflix series, “His & Hers” and was also a Showrunner’s Assistant for Tracey Scott Wilson for an Untitled spy thriller in development.
Anndi has participated in various fellowships such as the 2023 New York Stage & Film Filmmaker’s Workshop, the Gotham Marcie Bloom Fellowship in Film, a 2021 BAFTA Scholar, a 2021 fellow for Diverso's Minority Report and was an intern for HBO's Original Programming department.
Anndi received her MFA from NYU Tisch’s graduate film program. She obtained her bachelors from Florida State University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa.
