Ana Zins
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Director
Ana Zins was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Her mother is from
Spain; her American-born father's family are English, Dutch and
Lebanese. Ms. Zins had a brief stint working at New Line Cinema, then
at Regent Entertainment in development, production, and distribution on
independent feature and television films while volunteering for three
years as a festival screener for IFP/FIND and the AFI programming
departments. Ms. Zins studied Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy,
participated in the Women in Film Directing Mentorship Program in 2005.
Her short film, "Bubbles" a children & family comedy, premiered on
Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett's "On The Lot" website, and had it's
theatrical premiere at the Reel Women International Film Festival in
2007 in Hollywood. Her other short film, "Getting Gretta", a teen
romantic comedy, also premiered at the Reel Women International Film
Festival in 2006 and was an official selection of the Broad Humor
International Film Festival in Venice, California in 2006. Ms. Zins
continues to develop her feature film and television projects under her
Mighty Girl Productions banner, and is a member of Women in Film. She
is married to Charles E. Ruben. She has an adult daughter from her
previous marriage and she had a 4-year-old son from a previous marriage
who died from a tragic car accident in rural Indiana while in his
father's care. She later lost her younger sister who was killed. Her
younger brother, Michael "Gooch", is a member of the local 44 and
builds sets for films and television in Los Angeles,
California.