Ana Lily Amirpour made her first film at age12; a horror movie starring guests of a slumber party.  Born in the UK and raised in the US, Ana Lily comes from a varied background in the arts, including painting, sculpting and playing bass in a rock band.  Now she writes and directs films and music videos which have screened internationally at festivals.  Her most recent short film, PASHMALOO (Hairy) is official selection at the 2011 Berlinale.  Her 2010 short film TRUE LOVE, a comedy about sex and relationships, was audience award winner at the Milan Film Festival and her recent experimental short ANA LILY AMIRPOUR LIKES THIS, which she wrote, directed and acted in, was audience award winner at the 2010 Zero Film Festival. 

In 2011 she is preparing to direct two feature films, including her debut feature, THE STONES, a volatile drama about youth culture in modern-day Tehran, from an award winning screenplay.  The project is being produced by Hamburg-based Brave New Works.  

Ana Lily’s work has received multiple awards including the Dini Ostrov Award in Comedy Writing, Grand Prize of the Bluecat Screenwriting Competition and the Adrienne Shelly Fellowship.  She’s been invited to participate in programs like Tribeca All Access, Fast Track with the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Film Independent screenwriting and directors lab, the 2010 & 2011 Talent Campus at Berlinale.  She was most  recently selected as a finalist for the 2012 Berlin Today Awards. 

Together with producer Sina Sayyah, she is co-founder of Say Ahh… Productions in Los Angeles, creating cutting edge film, television, music video and web content. 

She finished her MFA at the UCLA Film School.