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Anna Snowball

Anna Snowball is a UK documentary filmmaker and commercial director working with Fresh Film.

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Production company & representation
Fresh Film
Production company · UK, CZ, TH, US · verified Jul 2026
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Recent press & creds
Iranian Yellow Pages - Netflix Documentary Talent Fund Winner
Netflix · 2024 · award
Iranian Yellow Pages - Grierson Award Nomination
Grierson Trust · 2024 · award
Iranian Yellow Pages - Critics' Circle Award Nomination
Critics' Circle · 2024 · award
Selected clients
NetflixBBCArteRed BullFairy

Bio & background

Anna Snowball is a UK documentary filmmaker and commercial director working with Fresh Film. Named Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2025, she specializes in character-driven stories about outsiders and underdogs. Her documentary short *Iranian Yellow Pages* (2024) won the Netflix Documentary Talent Fund, earned Grierson and Critics' Circle nominations, and screened at BFI London, Big Sky, and AFI Fest. She produced *A Horse Has More Blood Than A Human* (2020), which won the Camerimage Golden Frog. Snowball directed *Spring Fever* (2019), *#TradWives* (2018, Iris Prize nominee), and *Cambodia Calling* (2015, Grierson Student Award shortlist). Her films have aired on BBC One, Channel 4, CNN, Arte, and Netflix, reaching 27 million views online. She integrates mixed-media collage and animation into observational documentary, having worked with animator Francesca Cattaneo. Snowball founded Snow Films in 2016 and serves as visiting tutor at the NFTS Directing Documentary MA. In commercials, she has directed for Fairy, Red Bull, Essity, British Red Cross, and Jigsaw. She is developing her first feature documentary, *Inside is Chaos*, supported by First Hand Films and BFI Network@LFF.

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Awards
  • Iranian Yellow Pages - Netflix Documentary Talent Fund Winner
    Netflix · 2024
  • Iranian Yellow Pages - Grierson Award Nomination
    Grierson Trust · 2024
  • Iranian Yellow Pages - Critics' Circle Award Nomination
    Critics' Circle · 2024
  • International Emmy Awards Juror
International Emmy Awards · 2024
  • A Horse Has More Blood Than A Human - Camerimage Golden Frog Winner
    Camerimage · 2020
  • Cambodia Calling - Grierson Student Award Shortlist
    Grierson Trust · 2015
  • Screen International Star of Tomorrow 2025
    Screen International · 2025
  • #TradWives - Iris Prize Nomination
    Iris Prize · 2018
  • Press
    • BFI NETWORK@LFF 2025 Participant Announcement
      BFI · 2025
    • Featured in The Hollywood Reporter re: Netflix Documentary Talent Fund
      The Hollywood Reporter · 2024
    • Interview with Short-Stuff re: Iranian Yellow Pages
      Short-Stuff · 2024