Movie studio executive for 26 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 shared her passion for film, often taking her to the movies up to four times in a single weekend to see the latest releases. That early exposure sparked a lifelong love of cinema that eventually grew into a career ambition while she was studying at USC: marketing movies at a major motion picture studio.
After graduation, Becky landed her first role at Twentieth Century Fox, launching a movie marketing career that would span 26 years. During that time, she worked on event film partnership campaigns for major franchises, from X-Men at Fox to Spider-Man at Sony Pictures, while continuing to share her love and knowledge of cinema through writing and podcasting about her favorite movies, television shows, and filmmakers.
Becky is the host of Hanging with Becky, a weekly podcast where she discusses the latest movie releases with her amazing friends before putting them to the test with a custom “Becky Challenge.” She previously co-hosted Director’s Take: A Sony Pictures Podcast, which brought acclaimed contemporary filmmakers into conversation with the films that shaped them.
Beyond podcasting, Becky is a speaker and instructor specializing in film history and appreciation. She 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.
Becky has appeared as a panelist at major fan and industry events, including San Diego Comic-Con’s Next Stages of Movie and Theater Evolution (2026) and Horror and the Inevitable Remake (2022), as well as WonderCon’s A World Without Movie Remakes (2026). She was also interviewed for the upcoming documentary In Search of Darkness ’70s, exploring the influential horror films of the decade and how they were marketed to audiences. Most recently, she moderated From Mic to Multiverse: Building Podcast IP, a panel featuring podcast industry leaders for USC’s Trojan Entertainment Network.