Lana Link Email & Phone Number

Lana Link, is a producer, writer, and the Moving Picture Institute's senior vice president, where she works with MPI executive staff to acquire, develop, and produce projects for MPI Original Films. She also works with rising filmmakers in MPI's talent development programs and runs MPI masterclasses with industry experts. Her various producer credits include the short film A Piece of Cake starring Rich Sommer (Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival, Nominated for Best Narrative Short), the digital series We’re Doing Good (Official Selection SXSW), and feature narratives Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, which the New Yorker called “one of the best films of 2023 so far” starring Mike Faist (BAFTA-nominated) and Crystal Reed; and Miss Virginia starring Emmy® winner Uzo Aduba, Golden Globe® nominee Matthew Modine, and Academy Award Nominee Aunjanue Ellis. Lana served as co-executive producer on documentary The Dissident (Official Selection Sundance Film Festival, BAFTA-nominated). She is currently producing MPI's forthcoming narrative feature films Kemba and Freedom Hair. Lana is a graduate of the University of Chicago and a former Fulbright grant recipient in Vienna, Austria. She earned her JD from Pepperdine University School of Law and her certificate in independent producing from UCLA Extension. Lana is an associate member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and a member of the Producers Guild of America.

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  Senior Vice President

  Moving Picture Institute

  Nov 2019 - Present