Anne Fletcher Biography

Fast Facts

• Quote: "[Regarding the rising number of female directors in Hollywood] "I definitely feel like the climate is changing drastically and there are more of us every day․ Ultimately, storytellers are storytellers․""
• Quote: "[About transitioning to the director's chair] "One of the things I love about this business is everyone can move up․ You never know who is going to make the next move․""
• A dancer since childhood, she originally got her start as an extra in feature films and later as a behind-the-scenes choreographer
• After years of working as a choreographer, she would make her directorial debut with 2006's "Step Up", Channing Tatum's breakout hit
• A classically-trained dancer, she once worked with Hollywood dance instructor Jeff Andrews and Joe Tremaine
• Helped Mark Wahlberg and Burt Reynolds learn dance moves for 1997's "Boogie Nights" in which she was hired as a dance instructor