Directora, guionista, productora y artista plástica. Estudia Cine de Animación en París. En 1986 ingresa a la primera generación de estudiantes de la EICTV, Cuba. En 1990 crea, junto con otros cineastas de Latinoamérica, la Empresa Multinacional Andina Sudaca Films, donde dirige, produce y escribe.
Su largometraje Postales de Leningrado, ganador de numerosos premios internacionales, se estrenó en el 2007.
Simultáneamente con el trabajo cinematográfico, se introduce en el mundo de las artes plásticas, creando instalaciones de gran desarrollo tecnológico. La más reciente, Llegaste con la brisa 1.5, obtuvo el premio Fundación Telefónica, Vida Artificial 8.0, España 2005.
Mariana is a Venezuelan film director, screenwriter, producer and plastic artist. She studied animated film in Paris. In 1986, she entered at the EICTV as part of the first generation of this film school inaugural year. In 1990, with others Latin American filmmakers, she created the Multinational Andean Company Sudaca Film, where she directs, produces and writes.
Her feature film Postales de Leningrado was a winner of great numbers of international Prizes and was released in Venezuela in 2007.
Simultaneously with her film work, she entered into the fine arts world, creating instalations of great technological complexity. Her most recent film, Llegaste con la brisa was honored with the prize of the Telephonic Foundation.