Gabriela Tagliavini is an Argentine writer/director best known for her feature films Without Men, Perfect Lover, and Ladies' Night.
Gabriela Tagliavini | |
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Born | Gabriela Tagliavini (1968-12-29) December 29, 1968 (age 53) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Alma mater | American Film Institute |
Occupation | Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Novelist |
Known for | Without Men, Perfect Lover, Ladies' Night |
Website | gabytagliavini |
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]
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]
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