Biografia
Mariana Ricciardi is a Creative and Executive Producer with a portfolio of over 25 acclaimed projects spanning film, television, and streaming. Her career encompasses international co-productions and award-winning works, seamlessly blending creativity, business acumen, and social impact to transform stories into lasting cultural assets.
Her credits include theatrical successes like My Sister and I (directed by Susana Garcia) and the Oscar-shortlisted Clandestine Childhood (directed by Benjamín Ávila, featured at Cannes Directors' Fortnight). She contributed to Silver Cliff (directed by Karim Aïnouz, Cannes Directors' Fortnight) and headed the Brazilian unit for the documentary This Is Not a Ball (by Vik Muniz and Juan Rendón), also shortlisted for the Academy Awards®. Additional notable films include Eduardo and Monica, Petit Mal (screened at FID Marseille), and the thriller A Happy Family (directed by José Eduardo Belmonte and Raphael Montes).
In television, Ricciardi produced the International Emmy® nominated Impure (Hulu/Disney), Love in 4 Acts (Globo), and Lilyhammer (Netflix), which was the platform’s first original series produced outside the U.S. Her international expertise is supported by studies in Film Business at Universidad Europea de Madrid (Spain), and Screenwriting at both EICTV (Cuba) and the Academy of Performing Arts (Czech Republic).
At Andaluz, Ricciardi spearheads an innovative creative venture model, focusing on the development, financing, and management of intellectual properties originating in audiovisual media that expand into diverse cultural and commercial formats. She unites creators, studios, and brands within a scalable ecosystem linking storytelling, innovation, and investment. Through Andaluz, she redefines culture as infrastructure, transforming creativity into industry and narratives into capital.
