Do anchors help with SEO?

I was debating creating separate pages for each genre of work I deal with to help with my SEO. As of now I have all genres on one page with an anchor link pointing towards a couple of them.
Would these anchors help me with my SEO the same as if I had a separate page?
For instance, an anchor that points towards my ‘commercials’ genre as opposed to a page just for ‘commercials.’
Hope I’m making sense.
Thanks