Ana Bretón
is currently a twice-Emmy nominated digital producer for Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.
In her time at Full Frontal, she has directed and produced hundreds of short-form comedic videos. She has also co-produced several field pieces for the show, focusing on subjects like asylum seekers at the U.S./Mexico border, immigrants in the military, and feminist rescue brigades in Mexico.
In her most ambitious directing role, Ana directed the TV pilot for the docu-series RUN, where a team of expert women transform the political campaign of an up-and-coming woman running for office. Like Queer Eye, but for politics. Ana prioritized hiring a diverse crew of women and people of color, of all sexual orientations. She’s currently shopping the pilot to various networks.
Ana has over a decade of working in film production, focusing on comedy series and documentaries. She’s a skilled director, producer, editor and cinematographer (including drones!) She was a camera operator & researcher for the feature-length documentary, In Football We Trust, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015 and won a regional Emmy in 2017.
She's proud to be one of the few Latinxs to have been nominated for an Emmy in 2017 and 2018.
She was born in Mexico City and currently lives in NYC. Si, hablo Español.
