Meet the Team
Amy Aniobi
FOUNDER
Amy Aniobi is an award-winning writer/director/producer best known for her work on HBO’s Emmy-nominated comedy series "insecure.” She founded SuperSpecial as a “creator-first” production company celebrating diverse voices and founded talent incubator, TRIBE, to support writers and multi-hyphenates navigating the starting ranks of the industry. Her focus on artist support and approachable self-care also led her to co-create and co-host podcast, "The Antidote,” for APM Studios, named one of The Guardian's "best new podcasts of 2022."
Aniobi currently serves as showrunner for season two of “Survival of the Thickest” (Netflix), and was showrunner for season one of HBO comedy special, “2 Dope Queens.” She also previously wrote for “Silicon Valley” (HBO) and “The Michael J. Fox Show” (NBC).
As a director, Aniobi has helmed episodes of “Survival of the Thickest” (Netflix), “Rap Sh!t” (max) and “insecure” (HBO), as well as the award-winning short film, “Honeymoon,” inspired by her own parents’ arranged marriage. Aniobi is Nigerian, attended Stanford University and UCLA and hails from Dallas, Texas.
Mijoe Sahiouni
Creative Partnerships Coordinator
Before transitioning to SuperSpecial, she worked in numerous operations, guest relations, technical and logistic roles for over a dozen film festivals across the country, including but not limited to Telluride Film Festival, SXSW, Slamdance, AFI Fest, Outfest, Palm Springs Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, spanning over 10 years.
Before her work at film festivals, Mijoe worked in public relations at The Beckwith Company. Mijoe received both her Bachelor of Journalism in Advertising and Public Relations and her Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Film from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Mijoe previously worked at the Operations and Events coordinator at WIF, and enjoyed being a programmer for the Slamdance Film Festival (in Narrative Shorts), as well as an Associate Programmer for Outfest and a screener for AFI Fest. Mijoe is also an avid writer who is an alumnus of TRIBE Writers’ Fellowship and the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.
One of Mijoe's proudest accomplishments is being the founder of UdoFest, celebrating the work and talent of the late Udo Kier.
Rogelio Salinas
TRIBE Coordinator
Rogelio Salinas is a Non-Binary, Mexican filmmaker from St. Paul, Minnesota whose work centers the multiplicity of love and intergenerational joy. Their penchant for love stories, be it romantic, communal, and/or spiritual, allows their films to center the complex experiences of the communities they serve with healing, intimacy, and grace at the forefront. Their Stanford University thesis film, “Rosario”, received the Best of Fest award at the 40th Annual Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival. Since moving to Los Angeles, their work as a writer/director has been celebrated by Outfest Fusion, HollyShorts, and the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. They won the “Emerging Content Creator” award from the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and are a featured artist at the Mexican Center for Culture and Cinematic Arts.