Anya Rous
VICE PRESIDENT

Anya Rous (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based Producer and Vice President of Multitude Films. Her latest films include RECLAIM and LEADING from season two of Sesame Workshop’s THROUGH OUR EYES; IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL (Sundance 2023); Emmy-winning Peacock Original LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER, in partnership with Participant and The Atlantic (Tribeca 2022); Critic's Choice nominee Netflix Original PRAY AWAY, in partnership with Ryan Murphy and Blumhouse (Telluride, Tribeca 2020); as well as APART, the Emmy-winning episode of the HBO Max series THROUGH OUR EYES, in partnership with Sesame Workshop. 

She executive produced MILISUTHANDO (Sundance 2023), Multitude Films’ HOW WE GET FREE (HBO 2023), and QUEER FUTURES (CPH:Dox 2023);  co-executive produced the Oscar-shortlisted CALL CENTER BLUES (SXSW 2020, TOPIC) and CALL HER GANDA (Tribeca 2018, POV); and co-produced Sundance Award-winning and IDA-nominated ALWAYS IN SEASON (Independent Lens 2020) and Livingston Award-winning THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED (Tribeca 2018, POV), which was dubbed “a real-world conspiracy thriller” by Variety.

Anya also advises on impact strategy for films produced by Multitude and leads a movement orientation within the company’s producing model where films are drivers of culture change.  She brings a combined 10 years of experience in funding strategy and impact campaigns for stories that further movements for racial, economic, and gender justice. She formerly served as the Director of Strategic Relationships at Just Vision and as a grantmaker at The Nathan Cummings Foundation. Anya was a 2019–2020 Sundance Creative Producing Fellow, a 2019 Impact Partners Documentary Producing Fellow, a 2020–2021 DOC NYC 40 Under 40 filmmaker, and a 2021 Gotham/Cannes Producers Network Fellow.