Anika Kan Grevstad is an Asian American director, editor and cinematographer from Seattle who is now based in Los Angeles.
Her narrative short, WHAT WE FIND IN THE SEA, premiered at LA Shorts Fest 2021 and won Best Short Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival 2022. Her documentary short, NO ONE EVER REALLY DIES, won a Special Jury Award for new voices at the LA Asian Pacific Film Festival 2019. She recently directed HELEN PASHGIAN: VISIBLE INVISIBLE, a short documentary for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2023, she will be a Hedgebrook screenwriting resident.
She has worked as a cinematographer and editor on a number of feature films, including LOVE, LIZZO (cinematographer and editor, HBO Max), NEVER CATCH PIGEONS (editor, Newport Beach Film Festival 2021), and THE JOB OF SONGS (cinematographer, DOC NYC 2021).
She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Colorado College with a B.A. in Asian Studies and Film Studies.