Tatiana Issa

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Tatiana Issa
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Tatiana Issa at 2021 Emmys
Born (1974-01-16) January 16, 1974 (age 50)
Occupation(s)Film director, Executive Producer, Showrunner
Years active1983–present

Tatiana Issa (born January 16, 1974) is a three-time Emmy Award winning Brazilian director and executive producer known for her 2009 documentary film Dzi Croquettes , the series "Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez" for HBO MAX, and "Queens on the Run" for Amazon Prime.

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Issa is the co-founder of Producing Partners and Art Docs and the creator, showrunner, producer, and director of numerous primetime television series for American and Brazilian television networks, including HBO,Amazon Studios, Star+, the Food Network, TV Globo and others.

Her series "A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez", became the biggest True Crime hit on HBO MAX, hitting the World Top Chart for more than 3 consecutive weeks. Other series include "Coming Out Stories (Fora do Armário)", a 10-hour documentary series for HBO Latin America, and the acclaimed art series "Geografia da Arte", in conjunction with institutions such as the Keith Haring Foundation, Pina Bausch Foundation, and Donald Judd Foundation.

She is also a member of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT).

Career

Tatiana Issa is a three-time Emmy Award winner executive producer, show-runner & director. [1] She has also been nominated for 7 Emmy Awards (The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences). [2]

She is the co-founder of Producing Partners & ART DOCS with 400+ episodes produced in more than 80 countries and over 30 hit primetime television series and films for channels HBO, HBO Max, Disney+, Amazon Studios, Smithsonian Channel, YouTube Originals, Food Network, Discovery+, TV5 Monde, TV Globo, and Globoplay. Issa is a member of the Television Academy, a juror of the International Emmy Awards and a member of New York Women in Film & Television.

Issa is the CEO and co-founder of Producing Partners as well as ART Docs. [3] She is also the creator, Executive Producer, showrunner, and Director of numerous hit primetime television including "Immersive.World" a new ALL ARTS original series, "Bertha Lutz, Women and the U.N. Charter", a feature documentary for HBO, "Pedro pelo Mundo", a travel and current affairs series shot in over 50 countries, "Destino Con Sabor", a gastronomy/travel series for Food Network.

In 2009, she produced and directed the film Dzi Croquettes , [4] featuring Liza Minnelli, for which she received more than 40 international awards, making it the most awarded documentary in Brazilian history. It has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, and in more than 60 countries around the world, followed by a theatrical release in the USA, Europe, and Brazil.

Tatiana has studied internationally with concentrations in language, Cinema & TV, art & literature. She is a polyglot and fluent in 6 languages.

Personal life

Tatiana was born in São Paulo, Brazil, on 16 January 1974. Her father, Americo, was a set designer. She began acting at the age of 7 in plays and international theater festivals. At age 12, she began acting in motion pictures and later attended the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.[ citation needed ]

Reception and awards

Reception for Issa's work has been largely positive. [5] [6] Dzi Croquettes, her most famous work, [7] has received praise from multiple news outlets such as the New York Times and Film Journal International. [8] [9] [10]

Tatiana also recently received two Excellence Awards at Impact Doc Awards for her feature documentaries "Yves Saint-Laurent: My Marrakesh" and "The Architecture of Tadao Ando".

Tatiana received 7 Emmy Nominations, she won her first Emmy (64th Television Academy of Arts & Sciences - NY Chapter) as a Director & Executive Producer for her series "Immersive.World." [1] In 2021 she won 2 more Emmys for the documentaries "Dreams from the Deep End" and "Phillip Pearlstein: Life Happen". [11] She got 4 further nominations for her works: "Under the Greenwood Tree", "Transcending - The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center Celebrates 50 Years", "Immersive. World - Immersive Mind" and "Immersive. World - Immersed in a Pandemia" for AllArts & PBS Channels. [12]

Since 2009, Tatiana has received more than 50 awards for her documentaries. She was a Director, Showrunner, Producer or Executive Producer for more than 40 television programs between 2003 and present.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

As director and producer

Education

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