Celia Aniskovich.

Celia Aniskovich is a New York based director and producer. Her career began in live broadcast news as an NBC Page before she transitioned into narrative and documentary filmmaking. Celia's passion and calling is storytelling and she has directed, produced, developed and consulted on numerous US & UK projects and her films and series have been broadcast around the world. The Merchants of Joy is Celia's latest feature project where she served as writer and director.

In 2021, Aniskovich released Spy Affair, a 6-part podcast series for Wondery Originals based on the story of alleged Russian spy, Maria Butina. She also wrote, directed, and produced BURN IT DOWN!, a feature documentary about Woodstock 99, for MRC Studios/Rolling Stone that had its world premiere at the 2021 BFI London Film Festival. Her other 2021 premiers include a feature documentary she executive produced and directed for Discovery+, Fruitcake Fraud (Nominated for a Realscreen Award), and a film she produced for HBO Max, Beanie Mania. Her next film, a feature documentary entitled Call Me Miss Cleo, premiered in December 2022 on HBO Max. Aniskovich has worked on multiple Emmy-nominated programs and is repped by WME. Celia studied Theology and Philosophy and graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx & is a life-long Mets fan.