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MARIANA THOMÉ
Director — Screenwriter

Mariana is an internationally active filmmaker, trained in the United States. Her debut feature documentary, Scab Vendor, about legendary tattoo artist Jonathan Shaw, premiered at the Warsaw Film Festival and was featured at festivals such as DokFest, ZagrebDox, Visioni dal Mondo, BAFICI, Austin Film Festival, and Festival do Rio.She has participated in prestigious labs including TorinoFilmLab, Blood Window, and Series Mania, and is involved in both personal and collaborative projects across Brazil, Latin America, and the United States. Mariana has developed series for major production companies such as Conspiração Filmes, Amazon, and Anonymous Content Brazil, among others. Her series The Lost Ones, winner of SoloSeries at Ventana Sur, is currently in development with Espotlight, in partnership with co-creator Jotagá Crema (3%). She is currently in pre-production for Retratos do Rock, a documentary revisiting the history of Brazilian music since the 1980s through the lens of photographer Rui Mendes, featuring never-before-seen behind-the-scenes material.In 2025, Mariana will take part in the prestigious Nipkow residency in Berlin with her fiction feature Aos Meus Antigos Amigos. She is represented by Bradley Glenn (Buchwald, USA) and Juliana Vedovato (Talents, Brazil).

Education

  • New York Film Academy – Bachelor of Fine Arts with a specialization in Filmmaking (2015)
  • Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) – Bachelor’s degree in History (incomplete) (2010–2012)

Filmography

  • “SCAB VENDOR” (2023) – Feature documentary in collaboration with Lucas de Barros. Screenwriter/Co-director/Co-producer. Released in the U.S. in July 2024.
  • “IDENTIDADES” (2022) – Teen fiction series in 2D animation: Creator / Screenwriter / Director | Development and pilot completed.
  • “DESTERRO” (2019-2020) – Crime fiction series: Creator / Screenwriter / Director | Development and pilot completed.
  • “GIRLS & SEX” (2018) – Mini-documentary series. Screenwriter/Producer. Released.
  • “I READ YOUR BOOK AND…” (2018) – Talk show. Director. Released.
  • “URBAN SAFARI” (2018) – Mini-documentary series. Screenwriter/Director. Released.
  • “RADART” (2018) – Music mini-documentary series. Screenwriter/Director. Released.
  • “THE FOOD TRUCK DEAL” (2015) – Crime short film. Screenwriter/Director. Released. (Student project)
  • “STRAIGHT A” (2016) – LGBTQ+ short film. Director. Released. (Student project)
  • “NASA JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE COMMERCIAL” (2015) – Student competition. Screenwriter/Director. Released. (Student project)
  • “PLANETA LAKERS” (2014) – Documentary short (Time Warner Cable). Screenwriter/Director. Released. (Student project)
  • “WARNER BROS SUMMER SESSIONS: GERARD WAY” (2014) – Promotional video. Screenwriter/Director. Released. (Student project)

Theater

  • “VEDETES” (2024) – Stage play. Screenwriter/Director. Set to premiere in November 2024. Funded by the Prêmio Lei Paulo Gustavo D+ 2023.

Awards, nominations, fellowships, and labs

  • “DESTERRO” (2024)
    • Festival Guiões – Semifinalist
  • “ONDE O MAR SE FEZ ILHA” (2024)
    • Projeto Marieta Development Group – Selected
  • “O VOVÔ” (2024)
    • Projeto Marieta Development Group – Selected.
  • “VEDETES” (2023)
    • Prêmio Lei Paulo Gustavo D+ – Grantee.
  • “MEU SANGUE” (2023)
    • Workshop “Produzindo seu Primeiro Longa” (Rodrigo Teixeira) – Selected.
  • “AOS MEUS ANTIGOS AMIGOS” (2022)
    • BrLab SC – Selected.
  • “PERDIDOS” (2021)
    • Series Mania Writers’ Campus (2022) – Selected
    • SoloSerieS/Ventana Sur (2021) – Awarded (please specify award category)
    • TorinoFilmLab NEXT TV (2021) – Selected
  • “IDENTIDADES” (2020)
    • Prêmio Armando Carreirão (2020) – Grantee
    • TorinoFilmLab (2020) – Selected
    • Projeto Paradiso – Talent Network and Fellowship
    • Blood Window Lab (2020) – Fellow
    • FRAPA (2020) – Semifinalist (TV pilot competition)
  • “PROJETO SEM TÍTULO” (2019)
    • Prêmio Catarinense de Cinema – Grantee
  • Sundance Film Festival (2018)
    • Ignite – Participant
  • Seed&Spark (2018)
    • 100 Days of Optimism Award – Grantee Marché du Film (2016)
    • Selected (screened via Creative Minds Group)
  • NASA/JPL/NORTHROP GRUMMAN (2015)
    • First Place (James Webb Telescope commercial pitch competition)
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