Ana Maria Bahiana is a Brazilian-born Los Angeles-based American author, journalist and lecturer known for her work in cultural journalism. [1] She has worked in a variety of media: newspapers, magazines, television, radio and the Internet.
Ana Maria Bahiana was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
While still in college Bahiana worked as editorial assistant at the first Brazilian edition of Rolling Stone magazine in 1972, for which she also contributed reviews and interviews. [1] She wrote for the major Brazilian newspapers – O Estado de S. Paulo , Folha de S. Paulo , O Globo and Jornal do Brasil . In the international press, she contributed to publications in France, United States and Australia, and worked for five years as West Coast Bureau Chief for the British trade magazine Screen International. On television, Bahiana was foreign correspondent in Los Angeles for Telecine, Globosat and Rede Globo, having also collaborated, as producer and interviewer for the US cable channel Bravo and Canada's CBN.
Bahiana and Paoula Abou-Jaoudé are the only Brazilian members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, responsible for the Golden Globes annual awards; since 2015 Bahiana has been serving as deputy editor of the HFPA's official website, www.goldenglobes.com . [2] In 2006, she wrote and co-produced, the feature film 1972, directed by José Emilio Rondeau. [3] [4]
Bahiana is currently working as writer and researcher on the documentary LA+Rio.
In 1970, while still in college, Bahiana got involved in Rio de Janeiro's independent/underground music scene. There she met composer José Mauro, and started a collaboration that would yield two recorded albums, Obnoxius (1970) and Viagem das Horas (1971). [5]
Through the years, parallel to her work as author and journalist, Bahiana wrote lyrics for composers Marlui Miranda, [6] Sueli Costa and the bands O Faia [7] and Contas de Vidro.
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