Anya Beyersdorf

Anya Beyersdorf is an Australian actress-turned-writer/director born in Armidale, New South Wales. In 2014 she won an AWGIE Award - the Monte Miller Award for her screenplay Paradise at the Australian Writer's Guild Awards. In 2016, she was awarded one of four inaugural Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowships by the Sydney Film Festival. She was also a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting Semi-finalist. Beyersdorf trained in acting and directing in the theatres of Berlin after winning the Marten Bequest Prize for Acting for 2008/2009, working under Bulgarian director Dimiter Gotscheff on the play The Powder Keg at Der Haus der Berliner Festspiele, as well as traveling and studying performance in Poland, Denmark and the USA. Beyersdorf was one of eight actresses who played the title character Angie in John Winter’s directorial debut feature film, Black & White & Sex. It was her second feature film, after Rats and Cats in 2007. Beyersdorf has acted in six short films, including playing the role of Emma in Emma and the Barista on ABC TV. She played the lead role in the Australian Film Commission short film Love’s Labour, which was nominated for a Dendy Award in 2007. She also played the role of Tamara in the short film Dugong, which was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award in 2007.

Works

Apple Cider Vinegar

Two young women advocate for wellness remedies to cure deadly illnesses, unraveling their lives as they unknowingly — and knowingly — mislead the world.

Release Date: 2025-02-06

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 49

Little Tornadoes

A poignant drama set in 1970s Australia about a newly-single father’s efforts to weather the turbulence of change – in his life and in the world around him – while a new immigrant endeavours to find her place in a foreign land.

Release Date: 2022-05-12

Character: Camille

Vote Count: 4

Fires

Inspired by true events, the story of everyday Australians at the front line of the devastating fires of the 2019-2020 Australian summer.

Release Date: 2021-09-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 11

It's Me

Set over the course of an evening, a mother remembers moments from a game she played with her son throughout his childhood. Tragedy strikes when he unexpectedly returns.

Release Date: 2020-01-02

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vampir

When a strange loner comes in to town, a bloody encounter with the local youth will reveal the true nature of what it means to be human.

Release Date: 2015-09-02

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Gayby

Roy decides karate is the answer to his bully problem, but his Dad can see that what his son needs right now is a champion Boxer.

Release Date: 2015-01-12

Department: Directing

Job: Director

How The Light Gets In

A single mother, with a unique problem that involves light shining from her hands.

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Fake

Magazine features writer Birdie Bell meets successful grazier Joe Burt on a dating app and believes she's found her perfect match, but as the relationship intensifies she begins to feel her boyfriend isn't all he has led her to believe.

Release Date: 2024-07-04

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 5

The Black Hand

Anthony LaPaglia explores an Australian Italian community's struggle against hard times, extreme politics, looming war and the mafia in their midst.

Release Date: 2023-06-27

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 3

Eden

The disappearance of a young woman triggers a devastating chain of events which lays bare the dark, hidden heart of paradise. Long buried secrets are dragged into the open as lives and deeds of local residents intersect over one fractured summer and its aftermath.

Release Date: 2021-06-11

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 13

Sam's Gold

Sam, a nine year old boy, makes a solitary journey to school through the stark landscape near the commission flats where he lives. The imaginary world, as told by a far-away older male storyteller, his only solace. An encounter with two young teenagers presents both a temptation and a threat to Sam.

Release Date: 2012-05-28

Character: Sam's Mom

Black & White & Sex

Prostitute. Hooker. Sex Worker. Whore. Candid and seductive, Angie is determined to set the record straight about sex. As she reveals herself, layer-by-layer, she also exposes the man who is interviewing her. Sometimes provocative and confronting, sometimes tender, poignant and sexy, Black & White & Sex takes you behind the scenes and into Angies very special world. There's a question here for every man and an answer for every woman. Anyone who pays is welcome - but leave your expectations at the door sex is never black and white. Written by Angie Winter

Release Date: 2012-01-27

Character: Angie 2

Vote Count: 32

Cops L.A.C.

Cops L.A.C. is a 2010 Australian television police drama, which screened on the Nine Network. The series followed the work of officers at the Seaview Local Area Command, a fictitious police response area of the 'State Police' set in harbourside Sydney, New South Wales. The first series premiered on 2 September 2010, in the same timeslot of Network Ten's police drama Rush. On 22 November 2010, the Nine Network cancelled the show due to the high production costs.

Release Date: 2010-09-02

Character: Skye Duncan

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Canal Road

Canal Road is an Australian television drama series on the Nine Network. The series was produced in-house, under producer Susan Bower, in collaboration with writers Sarah Smith, John Ridley and Dave Warner, and directed by Kevin Carlin. It was filmed at Channel Nine’s GTV Studio 11 and on location in and around Melbourne. The series reportedly cost A$10 million to produce. The 13-part series went to air from 16 April 2008. The series debuted to mixed critical reception and only average ratings, which were further eroded when the series was moved to a later timeslot. Nine removed Canal Road from its schedules after the seventh episode, which drew in only 360,000 viewers; however the eighth episode was still made available online. Nine aired the remaining episodes during August and December 2008. Canal Road was released on DVD on 4 August 2008 in Australia.

Release Date: 2008-04-16

Character: Tracey

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Blood

An illicit affair, a mysterious illness, a birth, a death and a reunion. Tony narrates from beyond the grave the strange tragedy of his life.

Release Date: 2008-01-01

Character: Milena

Rats and Cats

Rats and cats is a dark, satirical comedy about a fallen star and broken dreams. It is about fame and our culture of obsession. Actor Darren McWarren (Jason Gann) starred in soap, mini-series and film before destroying his career with a series of indiscretions. Now McWarren is out of the industry and living in a small town in Western Victoria he can do whatever he wants. When a journalist decides to write a "Where are they now" profile on McWarren, he finds the former star has become a modern day Errol Flynn. The local girls want to fornicate with him and their fellas want to fight him. He mightn't have found love - but it's the next best thing.

Release Date: 2007-05-29

Character: Cindy

Vote Count: 2