Mariana Ricciardi

Partner at Andaluz Entertainment, Mariana Ricciardi is Producer and Executive Producer that leads all production stages of projects and business affairs. Her expertise is transforming ideas in entertainment products, working since of the development of the project to the launch of the production, focused on the drama, narrative vocation and the target audience. She was in charge of feature films such as CLANDESTINE CHILDHOOD, by Benjamin Avila, a co-production among Argentina, Spain and Brazil, short-list for the Oscar's 2013 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film that went through festivals such as Cannes, Toronto, San Sebastian. She was also executive producer of the Brazilian unit of THIS IS NOT A BALL, by Vik Muniz and Juan Rendón, short-list for the Oscar's 2015 Academy Awards for Best Documentary. The feature film PETIT MAL, by Lucas Camargo de Barros and Nicolas Thomé Zetune, the television movie LOVE SQUARE, by René Sampaio, in a co-production with Globo and Globo Filmes and TV series IMPUROS [season one, two and three // Buena Vista Original Productions], directed by René Sampaio and Tomás Portella and nominated for International Emmys Nominees in 2019 and 2020 as Best Performance by an Actor, are a few of her latest productions. She acted in renowned companies such as RT Features. Outside Brazil, she has worked in Columbia Tri Star, Madrid - Spain, city where she had a post-graduation in Film Business and Screenplay at Fundación Carolina, having also studied Screenplay at EICTV - Santo Antonio de Los Baños - Cuba. That brings to her the expertise to transform powerful ideas in entertainment products. Her name is related to productions such as the third season of LILYHAMMER [Netflix]; GORILA, by José Eduardo Belmonte; HELENO, by José Henrique Fonseca; THE SILVER CLIFF, by Karim Aïnouz; LOVE IN 4 ACTS, by Bruno Barreto, Roberto Talma and Tadeu Jungle [Globo]; among other achievements in film, TV, streaming and branded content.