Moisés Anaya is a Mexican film director, writer and cinematographer, working across documentary and fiction. He studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and completed a course in Sustainable Artistic Practice at Stockholm University of the Arts. Anaya’s work has screened at festivals and platforms including IDFA, DOCSMX, GIFF, DOC NYC, Clermont-Ferrand and SDLFF. He has collaborated as director of photography on the Netflix series Garnachas: Glorious Street Food and the award-winning short film Kemonito, The Last Fight. He also directed and shot several episodes for Vice Media Latin America, participated in the Kaalo 101 artistic residency in Kathmandu, Nepal, and contributed to Labour in a Single Shot, a project by the filmmakers and artists Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann. His debut feature, Sunset Shadows (2025), explores legacy and decline within the world of bullfighting. It is currently on the festival circuit.…

Moises Anaya

Moisés Anaya is a Mexican film director, writer and cinematographer, working across documentary and fiction. He studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and completed a course in Sustainable Artistic Practice at Stockholm University of the Arts. Anaya’s work has screened at festivals and platforms including IDFA, DOCSMX, GIFF, DOC NYC, Clermont-Ferrand and SDLFF. He has collaborated as director of photography on the Netflix series Garnachas: Glorious Street Food and the award-winning short film Kemonito, The Last Fight. He also directed and shot several episodes for Vice Media Latin America, participated in the Kaalo 101 artistic residency in Kathmandu, Nepal, and contributed to Labour in a Single Shot, a project by the filmmakers and artists Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann. His debut feature, Sunset Shadows (2025), explores legacy and decline within the world of bullfighting. It is currently on the festival circuit.…

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Moisés Anaya is a Mexican film director, writer and cinematographer, working across documentary and fiction. He studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy and completed a course in Sustainable Artistic Practice at Stockholm University of the Arts.

Anaya’s work has screened at festivals and platforms including IDFA, DOCSMX, GIFF, DOC NYC, Clermont-Ferrand and SDLFF. He has collaborated as director of photography on the Netflix series Garnachas: Glorious Street Food and the award-winning short film Kemonito, The Last Fight. He also directed and shot several episodes for Vice Media Latin America, participated in the Kaalo 101 artistic residency in Kathmandu, Nepal, and contributed to Labour in a Single Shot, a project by the filmmakers and artists Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann. His debut feature, Sunset Shadows (2025), explores legacy and decline within the world of bullfighting. It is currently on the festival circuit.

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Experience Level

Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Advanced
Portuguese
Advanced
Swedish
Beginner

Work Experience

Special Guests / Interviews - Panoramica Film Festival at Panoramica Film Festival
September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Special guests/interviews role for the festival (September 2025).
DoP - 2nd Unit at NETFLIX
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Director of photography (2nd unit) for “Santas Garnachas”.
Director / segment at Telemundo Studios
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Directed a segment for the project “Path to Fame”.
Director of Photography at Netflix
January 1, 2025 - Present
DoP - 2nd Unit for SantaS Garnachas
Director at Telemundo Studios
January 1, 2025 - Present
Directed segment Path to Fame
Director / DoP (2nd Unit) at Santas Garnachas (Netflix)
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
2nd unit Director of Photography for Netflix project; collaborated with production to capture visual storytelling across multiple shoot days.
Director / Segment – Path to Fame at Telemundo Studios
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
Directed a segment for Path to Fame; oversaw creative decisions and post-production coordination for a high-profile TV segment.
Mentor at Stockholm filmskola
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Mentor for Summer workshop
Mentor at Stockholms filmskola
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2024
Mentor for Summer workshop 2024, guiding students through directing and cinematography basics.
Colorist
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Color grading for short films “In plain view” (Luis Palomino) and “Trees die standing up” (2021).
Colorist at In plain view / Trees die standing up
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Colorist for the short films In plain view (Luis Palomino) and Trees die standing up (2021).
Director of Photography at Kemonito La última caída
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2021
Director of Photography for a Mexican award-nominated documentary short, produced by Teresa de Miguel; Netflix availability.
Photography project at Save the Children Mexico
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Photography project about the North Frontier of Mexico (2019).
DOP / Documentary at Documentary Camera kids
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Director of photography for “Documentary Camera kids” in Surkhet, Nepal.
Photographer at Save the Children Mexico
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Photography project about the North Frontier of Mexico (2019).
Lead Camera at VICE Mexico
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Lead camera on multiple VICE Mexico productions.
DOP / Documentary Camera at Surkhet, Nepal
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Documentary camera work for a kids-focused project in Surkhet, Nepal (2019).
Camera Operator at National Geographic LATAM
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Camera operator for National Geographic LATAM TV Series (2018).
AD and Editor at Del Valle Fruit
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Worked as AD and editor for Del Valle Fruit digital content (2017).
Editor at Del Valle Fruit
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
AD and Editor for Del Valle Fruit digital content
Jury member at DOCS MX
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Part of the jury for DOCS MX (2015).
Lead Camera at VICE Mexico
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2019
Lead camera operator for VICE Mexico (2015–2019).
Camera Operator at VICE Mexico
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2019
Lead Camera

Education

Advertising degree at Universidad de la Comunicación
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010
Filmmaking/Film Production at New York Film Academy
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
Art / Film Studies at Stockholms konstnärliga högskola (SKH)
January 1, 2025 - November 3, 2025
Advertising degree at Universidad de la Comunicación
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010
Film School Program at New York Film Academy
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
Graduate program at Stockholms Konstnärliga Högskola
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Advertising degree at Universidad de la Comunicación
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010
at New York Film Academy
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
at Stockholms Konstnärliga Högskola
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026

Qualifications

Form Analyze of cinema workshop
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Explore Filmmaking: from Script to Screen
January 1, 2021 - November 3, 2025
Residency Zanate
January 1, 2019 - November 3, 2025
New York Film Academy course
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
Flaherty Seminar
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
Form Analyze of cinema workshop
January 1, 2022 - April 14, 2026
Workshop: Booklet production for Documentary films /CAPP, IMCINE
January 1, 2021 - April 14, 2026
Art Residence at Kaalo.101. Nepal
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Plataforma MX
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Residency Zanate
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2019
Seminary Flaherty
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2015
Filmmaker course at New York Film Academy
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015
Workshop: Labor in a Single Shot
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Screenwriting workshop with Samara Ibrahim / Cut Out Fest
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012
The key of Directing workshop with Natalia Lazarus
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education

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Experience Level