Movie studio executive for 25+ years with eclectic taste in film ranging from TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY to Ingmar Bergman’s WILD STRAWBERRIES. Equal parts cinephile and fangirl, Becky can tackle pop culture and cinematic subjects ranging from Star Trek to the French New Wave.
Becky D’Anna has been a movie junkie her entire life. At just six years old, she was already lining up at the Mann National in Westwood with her family to see Twilight Zone: The Movie on opening night. Her parents also had a passion for film; often taking her to the movies up to four times on any given weekend to see the latest releases. That early exposure sparked a passion that grew into a career ambition while she studied at USC: marketing movies at a major motion picture studio. After graduation, Becky landed her first role at Twentieth Century Fox, launching her movie marketing career. Over the next twenty-six years, she fueled her passion for cinema by working on event film marketing campaigns from X-Men at Fox to the Spider-Man franchise at Sony Pictures, while also continuing to share her film knowledge by writing and podcasting about her favorite movies, TV shows, and filmmakers.
Becky is the co-host of the Sony Pictures podcast, Director’s Take which brings today’s most acclaimed filmmakers into conversation with the films that shaped them. She is also a speaker and instructor focused on film history and appreciation. Becky has taught a six-hour lecture on the films of Ingmar Bergman at UC Riverside and presented on the Christmas themes of Fanny and Alexander at the Kevin Geeks Out Variety Show.
She has also appeared as a guest panelist at major fan and industry events, including San Diego Comic-Con’s Horror and the Inevitable Remake panel (2022) and WonderCon’s A World Without Movie Remakes panel (2026). Most recently, Becky moderated From Mic to Multiverse: Building Podcast IP, a panel featuring podcast industry leaders for the USC alumni organization, Trojan Entertainment Network.