Ana Pio

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 09/10/1991

City of birth : Fundão, Portugal

Ana Pio wrote and directed her debut short film, in 2014, 'I Welcome You to This House', financed by the Portuguese Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual. In 2015, she graduated with the short period drama 'Eden' from her Directing Masters at London Met Film School. 'Eden' screened in several 2nd tier international film festivals, won the Women in Film Achievement Award at the New Renaissance Film Festival, was broadcast on RTP 2 TV and distributed by Shorts International. From the Sara Putt Associates trainee scheme in 2017, Ana Pio became a freelance Script Supervisor, working on iFeatures 'Perfect 10' and assisting the Script Supervisors on BBC/Amazon TV series 'Good Omens' alongside Douglas MacKinnon and Neil Gaiman as well as 'Liaison' directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel. Ana was mentored by Rose Glass, the director of 'Saint Maud', through the Directors UK Inspire programme and is a BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew member. She is distributing her new short films 'PMS' and 'Do As I Say', as well as in post-production of short film '7 to 10' with producers Andrea Land and Gemma Albone whilst developing her debut feature film 'Mother Nature' with producer Andrew St Maur.