Alana Kakoyiannis

Alana is a producer for Business Insider. Previously, she created content for Monocle, Etsy, and the United Nations throughout Europe and the Levant.

Her documentary films have screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, the Raindance Film Festival, and the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival.

Raised in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Alana earned her MFA from Hunter College and her BA from Denison University. She also attended the Lawrenceville School.

 

 

 

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