Ana Pio is a film director who graduated with short period drama 'Eden' from her Directing Masters at London Met Film School in 2015. 'Eden' had a successful run at international film festivals, was broadcast on RTP 2 TV and distributed by Shorts International.

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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 Apple TV 'Liaison' directed by Stephen Hopkins, starring Eva Green and Vincent Cassel.

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Ana was mentored by Rose Glass, the director of 'Saint Maud' and 'Love Lies Bleeding', through the Directors UK Inspire programme, and has been a BAFTA Crew/ Connect member since 2019.

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In recent years, Ana completed short films ‘PMS’ (nominee for best comedy at the 2022 BAFTA Qualifying London Short Film Festival), ‘Do As I Say’ (winner of Best Performance for Angela Yeoh and nominated for Best Director and Best Low Budget Short at BIFA qualifying film festivals, sales by Gonella Productions) and ‘7 to 10’ (award nominated for Best Performance, Best Editing and winner of Best Director at several international film festivals, including BIFA qualifying) in preparation for the filming of her debut feature film 'Mother Nature'.

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In 2024, Ana and producer Andrea Land were selected to pitch 'Mother Nature' to Film4 at Aesthetica Short Film Festival and in 2025 to pitch at the co-production JETS Initiative during the 75th International Filmfestival Berlin.