Anisa Marie Mehdi is an Iraqi-Canadian film director and journalist. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1978 and obtained her master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She worked as an associate producer at CBS News in New York on the news magazine series West 57th. Her most notable documentary was Inside Mecca, which she produced and directed for National Geographic television. As executive producer of the PBS Frontline special "Muslims", she received the 2002 Cine Golden Eagle Award. Anusa Mehdi is of half Iraqi and half Canadian descent.