Ani Mercedes is an Impact Producer and Founder of Looky Looky Pictures. She's designed, implemented, and lead impact and outreach campaigns for numerous feature-length films, shorts, and social initiatives. Highlights include Liyana, Good Pitch selections Councilwoman and Unaccompanied Children, Building the American Dream, and supporting impact on Our 100 Days shorts series by Field of Vision while a Firelight Media Impact Producer Fellow.

She directed two short documentaries, The Hall (PBS) Hand Built Boat (Miami International Film Festival). Her third short, Fearless, was selected for a Sundance Short Film Intensive. She began her film career as a Kartemquin Films intern, studying hours of raw footage from Academy-Award nominated director Steve James. She helping filmmakers build financial sustainability at Thriving Filmmaker, an online course and podcast. 

Prior to filmmaking, she a White House intern under President Obama, an elementary school teacher (Teach for America), and helped school districts improve their technology. She earned a Bachelor’s in Anthropology from the University of Chicago, a Master’s in Public Administration from Syracuse University, and she's based in Miami, Florida.