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Jianna Maarten

Jianna Maarten

Actor, Director, Writer

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Unflinching in their inspection of class, race, gender, and existence within a social paradigm skewed to reward affluence and access, Jianna Maarten Saada is a writer director who earned both degrees in storytelling at Columbia University's Creative writing program and the American Film Institute's Directing MFA. A published author of literary fiction, Jianna is the recipient of the Blue Mountain Center residency, the Holleigh Bernson memorial scholarship, and a 2021-2022 Sundance Episodic Lab fellow.

Having written and/or directed over sixteen shorts, her film Sin Cielo won Grand Jury and Audience Awards at Seattle International Film Festival, Santa Barbara International, Palm Springs, IFF, Champs Elyées, and Anchorage International with over one hundred and twenty official selections world wide. Named top ten at AFI fest and a 2020 Oscar contender, critics say Saada has a 'masterful way of framing scenes to create emotion' and called Sin Cielo a film 'that defies criticism and should be a benchmark for filmmakers with any intent on producing a piece of work that is relevant today.' Sin Cielo was distributed on HBO Max. in post on her 16th short Amend, Saada loves building rich, complex worlds, twists on genre, and researching new projects. She lives in Los Angeles with her rescue poodle Atticus.

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7 wins and 12 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

4

Type

Year

After America Poster

After America Feature Film2021Jessica

Young Adult Poster

Young Adult Short Film2017Mrs. Larson

Human Waste Feature Film2007Susan

Intermission Poster

Intermission Short Film2004Anklet Admirer

Director

11

Type

Year

Amend Short Film2023

LOVE Short Film2019

Mermaids Short Film2018

Sin Cielo Poster

Sin Cielo Short Film2018

The Billboard Queen Short Film2017

And Baby Makes Three Short Film2016

Mercy Nurse Poster

Mercy Nurse Short Film2016

Number 33 Poster

Number 33 Short Film2016

Ghost Star Short Film2015

Dinner with Ana Poster

Dinner with Ana Short Film2013

Kitchen Confessions TV Special2012

Writer

6

Type

Year

LOVE Short Film2019

Mermaids Short Film2018

Sin Cielo Poster

Sin Cielo Short Film2018

The Billboard Queen Short Film2017

Number 33 Poster

Number 33 Short Film2016

Kitchen Confessions TV Special2012

2nd Unit / Asst Director

3

The Big Five Poster

The Big Five Short Film2019

Neemkomok' Poster

Neemkomok' Short Film2017

The Perfect Dinner Poster

The Perfect Dinner Short Film2017

Editor

2

Mercy Nurse Poster

Mercy Nurse Short Film2016

Dinner with Ana Poster

Dinner with Ana Short Film2013

Location Manager

2

Type

Year

Senior Skip Day Poster

Senior Skip Day Video2008

Say It in Russian Poster

Say It in Russian Feature Film2007

Producer

2

Type

Year

Dinner with Ana Poster

Dinner with Ana Short Film2013

Kitchen Confessions TV Special2012

Thanks

2

Instinct Poster

Instinct Short Film2018

La Sirena Poster

La Sirena Short Film2017

Editorial Department

1

Dinner with Ana Poster

Dinner with Ana Short Film2013

Other Crew

1

Feral Feature Film2017

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