Name: Mariana Ricciardi
Area of work: Production
Program: Bolsa
Edition: 2024
City: São Paulo
State: SP
City of origin: Londrina, PR
Creative and executive producer with over 25 accomplishments in theatrical, TV, and streaming, Mariana Ricciardi operates across all production stages and business affairs. Ricciardi has worked on feature films such as the theatrical hit “My Sister and I,” by Susana Garcia; the Oscars Shortlisted Foreign Feature Film “Clandestine Childhood” by Benjamin Avila, a co-production between Argentina, Spain, and Brazil. Films like "Silver Cliff" by Karim Aïnouz, released in Cannes; and the Documentary Shortlisted for the Oscars “This Is Not a Ball," directed by Vik Muniz and Juan Rendón, were under her leadership. Other notable works include “Petit Mal,” directed by Lucas Camargo de Barros and Nicolas Thomé Zetune, world-premiered at FID Marseille; the summer blow “Eduardo and Monica,” by René Sampaio; and “A Happy Family”, thriller directed by José Eduardo Belmonte and written by the acclaimed Brazilian author Raphael Montes. In the streaming and TV realm, she led the third season of the series “Lilyhammer”, for Netflix; the miniseries “Love in 4 Acts”, for Globo; and the acclaimed series “Impure”, for Disney, which received two nominations at the International Emmy®️ Awards, among other contents. Mariana master’s in film business and Screenwriting at Universidad Europea de Madrid, in Spain, and studied Screenwriting at EICTV - Santo Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba, contributing to her excellence in transforming ideas into entertainment products.
Mariana was awarded a fellowship to participate in the Writers Room 2024 (Midpoint Institute), and became part of the talent network.
