Tatiana Issa

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Occupation Director, producer Parents Americo Issa Role Actress		Name Tatiana Issa Years active 1983–present Movies Dzi Croquettes


Born January 16, 1974 (age 50) ( 1974-01-16 ) Brazil Nominations Grande Premio do Cinema Brasileiro for Best Documentary Film Similar People Claudio Tovar, Claudio Lins, Cesar Camargo Mariano

Entrevista com Tatiana Issa e Raphael Alvarez, diretores do filme "Dzi Croquettes"

Lully e Tatiana Issa l Dzi Croquettes, o documentário mais premiado do Brasil

Tatiana Issa (born January 16, 1974 in São Paulo, Brazil) is an award-winning Brazilian actress and director. She was the co-founder of TRIA Productions as well as Producing Partners, a development and production company resulting from the association of two established New York-based production companies, Producing Partners, and TRIA Productions.

Background

Issa was born in São Paulo, Brazil on 16 January 1974. Her father was a set designer called Americo Issa and she began acting at the age of 7, doing several professional plays and international theater festivals. At age 12, she began acting in motion pictures and later attended the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. In 2009 she produced and directed the film Dzi Croquettes, for which she received more than 25 international awards, making it the most awarded documentary in Brazilian history. Tatiana Issa is currently the Director and Executive Producer of the weekly television series Além da Conta/Shopping Frenzy, with Ingrid Guimarães GNT/Globosat Network, Musical Almanac, with Marisa Orth at Canal Brasil/Globosat Network, Nelson 70 celebrating acclaimed songwriter and author Nelson Motta, Gaby Gringa, at BIS Network, Anota Aí/Take Note at Multishow Network, Dançando na Broadway/Broadway Dreams, and Mundo em Movimento/Dances of the World, both also at Multishow Network. Issa is also the executive Producer of the series Beyond Ipanema at Canal Brasil Network, now in its second season.

Reception and awards

Reception for Issa's work has been positive, with Dzi Croquettes being her most famous work. Dzi Croquettes has received praise from multiple news outlets such as the New York Times and Film Journal International.

Awards

2011 – Grande Prêmio ACIE – Brazilian Golden Globes - Best Film of the Year – Director/Executive Producer

2011 – Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro – Best Documentary – Director/Executive Producer

2011 - Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro – Best Editing – Director/Executive Producer

2011 - Prêmio SESC Melhores Filmes do Ano – Best Documentary – Director/Executive Producer

2010 – FRAMELINE 34, San Francisco/USA- – Best Documentary – Director/Executive Producer

2010 – TORINO Int’l GLBT FF, Itália – Best Documentary Audience Award– Director/Executive Producer

2010 – London Brazilian Film Festival – Best Documentary Audience Award– Director/Executive Producer

2010 – DANCE, CAMERA, WEST 2010 Los Angeles/USA- Dzi Croquettes – Best Outstanding Documentary – Director/Executive Producer

2010 – 14th MIAMI Brazilian Film Festival – USA – Best Film Audience Award– Director/Executive Producer

2010 – LABRFF 2010 Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival – Dzi Croquettes – Best Documentary Jury Award– Director/Executive Producer

2010 – For Rainbow Film Festival – – Best Documentary Audience Award– Director/Executive Producer

2010 – IN-EDIT Documentary Festival – Dzi Croquettes – Best Documentary – Director/Executive Producer

2009 – Festival do Rio (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) Dzi Croquettes – Best Documentary Audience Award– Director/Executive Producer

2009 – Festival do Rio (Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival) Dzi Croquettes – Best Documentary Jury Award– Director/Executive Producer

2009 – 33 Mostra Internacional de São Paulo - Dzi Croquettes – Best Documentary – Itamaraty Award (Ministry of Culture Award)– Director/Executive Producer

2009 – 33 Mostra Internacional de São Paulo Dzi Croquettes – Best Documentary Audience Award– Director/Executive Producer

2009 – 17th Mix Brazil International Film Festival Dzi Croquettes – Best Documentary Audience Award– Director/Executive Producer

2009 – 5th Festcine Goiania – Dzi Croquettes - Best Documentary – Director/Executive Producer

Television

As director and producer

2014 NELSON 70, com Nelson Motta - Director/Executive Producer – Canal Brasil Network

2014 Almanaque Musical, com Marisa Orth - Director/Executive Producer – Canal Brasil Network

2014 Além da Conta, com Ingrid Guimarães - Director/Executive Producer –GNT Network

2014 Anota Aí, Listas imperdíveis - Director/Executive Producer –Musltishow Network

2013 Gaby Gringa - Director/Executive Producer – BIS Network

2013 Agenor, Canções de Cazuza - Director/Executive Producer - BIS Network

2012 Beyond Ipanema - Executive Producer - Canal Brasil Network

2011 Mundo em Movimento - Director/Executive Producer –Multishow Network

2010 Broadway Dreams - Director/Executive Producer –Multishow Network

2003/2005 New York Underground- Director/Executive Producer /Hostess – Band & CNT Networks

Filmography

As actress

1987 ... Jubiabá - protagonista jovem

1996 ... O Guarani - Ceci

As director and producer

2005 ... Medusa

2006 ... Parintins: Amor de Boi

2007 ... Dzi Croquettes

Theater

A Falecida – Directed by Gabriel Vilella

As 1001 Encarnações de Pompeu Loredo – Directed by Jorge Fernando

Sapatinho de Cristal – Directed by Claudio Tovar

Os Visigodos – Directed by Karen Acioly

A Receita do Sucesso – Directed by Jorge Fernando

Simbad de Bagdad – Directed by Claudio Tovar

O Menino Maluquinho – Directed by Demetrio Nicolau

Education

2005 The Goethe-Institut Munich, Germany- Art History/ German Language

2003 Cervantes Institute New York, USA – Spanish Language

2001 Lorenzo de' Medici School Florence, Italy – Italian Language/ Literature/ Art History

2000 La Sorbonne Paris, France – French Language/ Art History/ Literature

2000 École du Louvre Paris, France – Art History

1998 Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute New York, USA – Acting techniques for film and TV/ scene study

1996 The Eurocentre Cambridge Cambridge, England – English Language

1988 The Tablado Institute Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Scene study

References

Tatiana Issa Wikipedia

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