
Person
Anita Doron
Writing · Born 1974-06-03 · Berehove, USSR [now Ukraine]
Biography
Raised in a family of mountaineering engineers in Transcarpathia, Ukraine, Anita Doron is an award-winning Canadian-Hungarian writer, director, story editor, and shepherd. She wrote the screenplay for The Breadwinner, nominated for both the Academy Award and the Golden Globe. Her work has earned a Canadian Screen Award for Best Writing, along with nominations for the Annie Award and the Humanitas Prize. A Senior TED Fellow, Anita is part of a global cohort of visionaries - scientists, artists, activists, entrepreneurs, doctors, journalists, and inventors - collaborating across disciplines to spark meaningful change in the world.
Known for

The Breadwinner
Screenplay

Fairyheart
Director

Maya & Samar
Director

Comrades
Writer

The Impresario
Director
Elliot Smelliot
Director
Simulacrum
Director

Late Fragment
Director

Mystico Fantástico!
Director

With Love and a Major Organ
Story Consultant
Filmography
- 2026Maya & SamarDirector
- 2024With Love and a Major OrganStory Consultant
- 2017The BreadwinnerScreenplay
- 2012The Lesser BlessedScreenplay
- 2011Mystico Fantástico!Director
- 2010The ImpresarioDirector
- 2007Late FragmentDirector
- 2006The End of SilenceWriter
- 2004Elliot SmelliotDirector
- —SimulacrumDirector
- —Angel ThreeDirector
- —Dirty Fred, the CaptainWriter
- —FairyheartDirector
- —ComradesWriter
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