Gabriela Tagliavini | |
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Born |
Gabriela Tagliavini December 29, 1968 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Alma mater | American Film Institute |
Occupation | Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Novelist |
Known for | Without Men, Perfect Lover, Ladies' Night |
Website | gabytagliavini |
Gabriela Tagliavini is an award-winning writer/director best known for her feature films Without Men, Perfect Lover, and Ladies' Night.
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).
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.
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 (Desperate Housewives) and Christian Slater (True Romance), 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 (a biopic about the Mexican comedian-thesp). Tagliavini recently finished directing her fifth feature, Border Run (aka The Mule), starring Sharon Stone and Billy Zane.