Biography
Anabelle is an award-winning actress, writer, director, singer, producer, and C.E.O. of the film production company Blue Boots Entertainment that she operates in Los Angeles.
Anabelle credits her strong theatre background and classic literature's treasures as her most favored go-to inspiration as a filmmaker, and traditional Japanese, German, Greek, and British storytelling are at the heart of her work and versatile career. Munro describes her process as a re-discovery and re-invention of the historic story-lines in the content she writes gets presented with.
Anabelle's artistic focus is dedicated to purpose-driven filmmaking, like spreading awareness about recovery from addiction, healing, and discovering purpose and spirituality. Her 3 Book Series, "The Skeleton Key Series," focuses on sharing her own powerful story of healing.
Munro's directorial work in film explores the same deeply human topics. The Feature Film "Ole King Cole," written by her long-time collaborator and directing partner Del Weston, is a tour-de-force and of three broken people trying to cope and find an exit strategy to their troubles. A likewise powerful directorial work about the dark subject of eating disorders is the short "The Weight of Perfection," which Anabelle directed, co-wrote, and starred in next to Leanne Melissa Bishop with Hayden Hishaw, Wyatt Oleff, Merit Leighton, and Kelly Perine.
Other festival winners such as "Bullies" (2018 Comic-Con winner for Best Fantasy Film and Best Film), written and directed by filmmaker and virtual reality artist Daniel Bydlowski, "Bob Junior," written and directed by Student BAFTA and Student D.G.A. winner Dilek Ince, "The Boy Who Cried Fish!", written and directed by political activist Daila Musaad, starring Jacob Hopkins and Breeda Wool, "The Nerd Posse," which she co-directed with creator Suzette Troche-Stapp, starring Merit Leighton and Benjamin Stockham and "Gaijin: Fish Out of Water," written, directed by Anabelle and Huntly Munro, garnering numerous awards, including Best Actress at the Action on Film Fest 2016, the Best Actress and the Louis Buñuel Award for best artistic production at the Port Hueneme Film Festival 2017, to name just a few.
Anabelle's recent acting and directorial work includes the lead in the gripping Sci-Fi feast "Tracing Force", a feature film directed and written by the legendary Elias Acosta, as well the Vertical TV Hit Show Atlante's Mistaken Fiancée, which Munro directed with over 1 Million views during launch week in 2024.
To give back to the filmmaking community, Anabelle founded ETHOS Film Awards and Institute and serves as an Executive Director for the World Culture Film Festival.
10 wins and 5 nominations
