Anna Matz

Anna graduated from Biola University with a degree in Cinema and Media Arts in December 2019. While in school she completed internships at Broken Road Productions, Sight Unseen Pictures, Skybound Entertainment, and Sixth and Idaho Motion Picture Company. After graduation, she worked briefly as the showrunners' assistant on the NBC pilot ORDINARY JOE before production halted indefinitely on account of Covid-19. During quarantine Anna was selected as a winner for Justin Baldoni's Six-Feet Apart Experiment, winning $50,000 to direct her first feature film. Shooting for twelve days in October 2020, under full Covid-19 compliance procedures, Anna and her team shot the coming of age film in twelve days. LOVE YOU ANYWAY, starring Reign Edwards and Charlie Gillespie, chronicles the life of Mackenzie from birth to womanhood as she experiences the highs and lows of life alongside her childhood best friend, Lucas. As Mackenzie's struggle with depression worsens over the years, she's forced to find the will to fight alongside the people who love her most.