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AMY ANIOBI is a writer/director/producer best known for her work on the Emmy-nominated, NAACP-award winning HBO comedy series INSECURE, where she also began her formal directing career, helming the beloved “sleepover episode” in the final season. Prior to INSECURE, Aniobi directed festival favorite short film, HONEYMOON, and multiple episodes of award-winning comedy web series, LISA AND AMY ARE BLACK.

In 2022, Aniobi was named on the Annie List as a female filmmaker to watch. She has more recently directed multiple episodes for RAP SH!T on Max and Season 1 and 2 of SURVIVAL OF THE THICKEST on Netflix (for which she was nominated for an Outstanding Directing NAACP Image Award in 2024). In her commercial work, Amy has recently directed campaigns for VASELINE starring Regina King as well as a spot for TAZO TEA. As a writer, Aniobi has been under an overall deal at HBO/Max for five years and previously served as Executive Producer on INSECURE and Showrunner on HBO’s 2 DOPE QUEENS. Additionally, she worked as a Story Editor on SILICON VALLEY and a Staff Writer on THE MICHAEL J FOX SHOW for NBC.

Amy is founder of production company, SuperSpecial, and industry talent incubator, TRIBE. She is Nigerian, attended Stanford University, received her Screenwriting MFA from UCLA and hails from the suburbs of Dallas, Texas.