Anna Higgs is Managing Director of drama production company Character 7, whose recent work includes heist Culprits and psychological thriller The Undoing. A second season of The Night Manager, in partnership with the Ink Factory, comes to BBC and Amazon Prime in January 2026.

A multi-award-winning producer, columnist and host, Higgs most recently Executive Produced Channel 4 mini-series Beth, from writer-director Uzo Oleh, and is Producer on Hassan Akkad's debut feature film, following his successful short film Matar.

Visionary work she has supported includes Sundance-winning Nick Cave film 20,000 Days on Earth, BAFTA-winning The End of the F*cking World and Oscar winner Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank. She has worked with filmmakers including Ken Loach, Lisa Gunning, Ben Wheatley, Alice Lowe, Paul King and Jenn Nkiru.

She recently finished her tenure as Chair of the BAFTA Film Committee and serving on the Board of Trustees, and is a Non-Executive Director of groundbreaking games company Interior/Night.

She has been named one of Creative Review's 'Creative Leaders 50', and among Time Out's inaugural 'Culture 100', a celebration of the "innovators, visionaries and pioneers behind what's now and what's next. A search for the most original and influential people in the UK creative and media industries" alongside innovators such as Danny Boyle, Stella McCartney, Grayson Perry, and Jonathan Ive.