Gabriela Tagliavini


Gabriela Tagliavini is a writer/director Argentine best known for her feature films Without Men, Perfect Lover, and Ladies' Night.

Early life

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.

Career

For her directorial debut, The Woman Every Man Wants, Tagliavini won the Best Director award at three international film festivals in 2001.
Her film Ladies' Night was the #1 movie in the box office in Mexico in 2004 and won three MTV Movie Awards Mexico. The soundtrack was released by Sony.
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. Tagliavini's fourth feature as a writer-director, Without Men, starring Eva Longoria and Christian Slater, was released in the U.S. in 2011. She has recently adapted the best-selling novel The Anatomist for HBO Films and the screenplay for Cantinflas. Tagliavini recently finished directing her fifth feature, Border Run, starring Sharon Stone and Billy Zane.
In addition to directing commercials and television pilots, Tagliavini also worked as a writer/correspondent for CNN. She was a juror at the Berlin Film Festival, and won the prestigious 2006 ABC/DGA directing fellowship, where she worked on shows like Disney's Hannah Montana and Desperate Housewives. 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.

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