Anita Overland began her career producing commercials and music videos for director Gerard de Thame before transitioning into line-producing films. She produced her first short film, Syrup, which won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize and received an Oscar nomination. Her credits include The Tribe for Stephen Poliakoff, the TV series The Book Group directed by Annie Griffin, and In This World for Andrew Eaton and Michael Winterbottom, which won the Special Achievement prize at the BIFAs and Best Film in a Foreign Language at the BAFTAs. Additionally, she worked as a co-producer on A Mighty Heart, A Cock and Bull Story, and The Young Victoria. Overland also produced the Red Riding trilogy for Revolution Films.