Ana Verde is a Puerto Rican & Venezuelan filmmaker based in Los Angeles.

Her work centers ambitious, working-class women and girls navigating systems of labor, identity, and familial duty.

She is a 2023 Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today and Rising Voices fellow, as well as a 2022 Orchard Project Episodic Lab fellow and WAVE Grant recipient. Most recently, she directed and co-produced the world premiere of Burl by Amanda Dacks at The Actors Company in West Hollywood.

Her short film Mara Has Three Jobs in San Juan, Puerto Rico, premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and screened at Palm Springs ShortFest, RiverRun, and NewFilmmakers LA. The film also received a rare theatrical run, screening nationwide ahead of Barbie and Blue Beetle. Her follow-up short, Te llaman las olas, premiered at the 2024 Seattle International Film Festival, with subsequent screenings at LALIFF and the Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival.

Until recently, Ana was the Senior Manager of the Artist Accelerator and Women at Sundance programs at the Sundance Institute, where she supported emerging filmmakers across fiction and nonfiction. She continues to mentor WAVE Grant recipients and co-hosts REEL TALK: A WAVE Grant Podcast with Wavelength Productions.

She is currently developing her debut feature, Sara & The Jaguars.