Toni Bell

Toni Bell has worked in the documentary field for close to 10 years. She is the Impact Strategist for Looky Looky Pictures, where she has worked on films such as Building the American Dream and Councilwoman. She is the creator and host of the What’s Up with Docs Podcast. She has been a speaker, panelist, mentor, and juror at documentary film festivals and labs such as NALIP, Dok Leipzig, HotDocs, IFPWeek, Outfest, Docs by the Sea, and the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. Toni is also part of the inaugural cohort of Art Equity’s BIPOC Leadership Circle is designed to center, support, and address experiences of BIPOC leaders of cultural institutions. She holds a MAT-TESOL and an M.A. in Visual Anthropology from USC, an M.F.A in Creative Writing from Naropa University, and a certificate in professional screenwriting from UCLA.