Ana's background is mainly in independent film-production and includes running a video production company, a film and animation workshop and working for the BBC and Granada. She also has a background in teaching and running workshops on different aspects of film production, especially filmmaking for the Internet. Ana's previous job was working in the Computer Studies, Mathematics and Engineering faculty at the University of the West of England as a Research Fellow in digital media. Her current job is as a business and new media consultant with filmmaking and VJing on the side (see links below for more detail). Her main interest at the moment is exploring different ways of creating content for delivery over different delivery platforms, especially the net. She is the founder of plugincinema.com; a resource and exhibition site with the aim of helping film-makers make the leap from analogue to digital, both practically and conceptually.