Born in Brazil, Ana Souza was raised in Amsterdam. She holds a BA from the University of Warwick and an MA from USC. Souza has produced a number of shorts and has contributed to numerous film-related publications, including Indiewire, We Eat Film, Front Row Reviews, and The Artifice. She has worked in various capacities with Sundance, NEXT Fest, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Slamdance and Project 168 Film Festivals. She sits on the screening panels for Ambulante USA, Los Angeles Film Festival, and AFI FEST, and is an Associate Programmer for the No Budget Film Festival. She was the Programming Coordinator for the latest edition of Outfest. Recently she produced, “Blast Beat,” a short starring Mateo and Moises Arias.