Gabriela Tagliavini

Gabriela Tagliavini
Born Gabriela Tagliavini
(1968-12-29) December 29, 1968
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alma mater American Film Institute
Occupation Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Novelist
Known for Without Men, Perfect Lover, Ladies' Night
Website gabytagliavini.com

Gabriela Tagliavini is an award-winning writer/director best known for her feature films Without Men, Perfect Lover, and Ladies' Night.

Early life

Tagliavini was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received a Bachelor's Degree in film directing and a Master's Degree in screenwriting from the American Film Institute (AFI).[1]

Career

For her directorial debut, The Woman Every Man Wants (aka Perfect Lover), Tagliavini won the Best Director award at three international film festivals in 2001.[2]

Her film Ladies' Night was the #1 movie in the box office in Mexico in 2004 and won three MTV Movie Awards Mexico.[3] The soundtrack was released by Sony.[4]

Tagliavini's TV film, the Viacom/VH1/MTV/Maverick feature 30 Days Until I'm Famous, premiered on VH1. The film stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Mindy Sterling, Udo Kier and Carmen Electra and was executive-produced by Madonna.[5] Tagliavini's fourth feature as a writer-director, Without Men, starring Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives) and Christian Slater (True Romance), was released in the U.S. in 2011.[6] She has recently adapted the best-selling novel The Anatomist for HBO Films[7] and the screenplay for Cantinflas (a biopic about the Mexican comedian-thesp).[8] Tagliavini recently finished directing her fifth feature, Border Run (aka The Mule), starring Sharon Stone and Billy Zane.[9]

In addition to directing commercials and television pilots, Tagliavini also worked as a writer/correspondent for CNN.[10] She was a juror at the Berlin Film Festival,[11] and won the prestigious 2006 ABC/DGA directing fellowship, where she worked on shows like Disney's Hannah Montana and Desperate Housewives.[12] Tagliavini helmed a live show, Comedy Rehab, for Comedy Central.

Tagliavini is also the author of a novel, Los Colores de La Memoria, originally published in Spanish in Argentina, then rewritten in English for U.S. readers as The Colors of Memory.[13]

Awards, nominations, honors

References

  1. ↑ "Gabriela Tagliavini". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "'Without Men' is a romantic, magical, human comedy…and the victim of mistimed marketing". Se Fija!. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Quintanilla, Michael (2 August 2011). "Director loving buzz around indie film 'Without Men'". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Original Soundtrack Ladies' Night". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004)". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Eva Longoria In 'Without Men': Star Goes Lesbian With Kate Del Castillo". The Huffington Post. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  7. ↑ de la Fuente, Anna Marie (3 December 2012). "Tagliavini's in on 'Secret'". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  8. ↑ de la Fuente, Anna Marie (10 March 2010). "Cantinflas biopic in the works". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Border Run". Covering Media. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Saenger, Diana (16 July 2012). "The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education" 22 (19).
  11. ↑ "Juries 2005: International Short Film Jury". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Disney/ABC Writing and Directing Programs Reach Milestone with More Than 200 Participants to Date". The Futon Critic. 9 February 2006. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "The Colors of Memory". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

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