Lucia Aniello (born 1983) is an Italian-born[2] American director, writer, and producer best known for her work on Hacks, for which she won multiple Emmy Awards, and Broad City.

Aniello was born in Italy and grew up in Hadley, Massachusetts, where her parents owned Italian restaurants, before moving to New York City.

[9] Aniello and Paul W. Downs met at a Upright Citizens Brigade Level One improvisational comedy class.

As Aniello and Downs began to make digital shorts and build the foundations of Paulilu, Glazer and Abbi Jacobson worked on the prototype of Broad City.

It stars Scarlett Johansson, Zoe Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, Demi Moore, Ty Burrell and Colton Haynes.

[13] In 2020, she directed and executive produced the Comedy Central series Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens as well as Netflix's Baby-Sitters Club.

[33] Aniello resides in Los Angeles with her husband and comedic partner Paul W. Downs, with whom she co-wrote Rough Night.