Tatiana Issa

Tatiana Issa (born January 16, 1974) is a three-time Emmy Award winning Brazilian director and executive producer known for her 2009 documentary film Dzi Croquettes, the series "Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez" for HBO MAX, and "Queens on the Run" for Amazon Prime.
Issa is the co-founder of Producing Partners and Art Docs and the creator, showrunner, producer, and director of numerous primetime television series for American and Brazilian television networks, including HBO,Amazon Studios, Star+, the Food Network, TV Globo and others.
Her series "A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez", became the biggest True Crime hit on HBO MAX, hitting the World Top Chart for more than 3 consecutive weeks. Other series include "Coming Out Stories (Fora do Armário)", a 10-hour documentary series for HBO Latin America, and the acclaimed art series "Geografia da Arte", in conjunction with institutions such as the Keith Haring Foundation, Pina Bausch Foundation, and Donald Judd Foundation, among many others.
She is also a member of New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT).
Career
Tatiana Issa is a three-time Emmy Award winner executive producer, showrunner & director. She has also been nominated for 7 Emmy Awards (The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences). She is the co-founder of Producing Partners & ART DOCS with 400+ episodes produced in more than 80 countries and over 30 hit primetime television series and films for channels HBO, HBO Max, Disney+, Amazon Studios, Smithsonian Channel, YouTube Originals, Food Network, Discovery+, TV5 Monde, TV Globo, and Globoplay. Issa is a member of the Television Academy and a juror of the International Emmy Awards as well as a proud member of New York Women in Film & Television.
Issa is the CEO and co-founder of Producing Partners as well as ART Docs. She is also the creator, Executive Producer, showrunner, and Director of numerous hit primetime television series such as "A Brutal Pact - The Murder of Daniella Perez", the biggest True Crime hit of HBO MAX, beating the World Top chart for more than 3 consecutive weeks, the "Coming Out Stories (Fora do Armário)", a 10 one hour episodes documentary series for HBO Latin America, the acclaimed art series "Geografia da Arte", in conjunction with institutions such as the Keith Haring Foundation, Pina Bausch Foundation, Donald Judd Foundation among many others; "Immersive.World" a new ALL ARTS original series, "Bertha Lutz, Women and the U.N. Charter", a feature documentary for HBO, "Pedro pelo Mundo", a travel and current affairs series shot in over 50 countries, "Destino Con Sabor", a gastronomy/travel series for Food Network and many others. She's also the creator and showrunner of the new Amazon Prime show "Queens on the Run".
In 2009, she produced and directed the film Dzi Croquettes, for which she received more than 40 international awards, making it the most awarded documentary in Brazilian history.
Tatiana, is New York-based with more than 40 International awards for her feature film, Dzi Croquettes, featuring Liza Minnelli. The film became one of the most awarded documentaries in Brazilian History and has been shown in prestigious venues such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, in Berlin, and in more than 60 countries around the world, followed by a theatrical release in the USA, Europe, and Brazil. The film received outstanding reviews and got major media attention by the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, among many others. Having had the opportunity to live all over the world, Tatiana has studied internationally with concentrations in language, Cinema & TV, art & literature. She is a polyglot and fluent in 6 languages.
Personal life
Issa was born in São Paulo, Brazil, on 16 January 1974. Her father, Americo, was a set designer. She began acting at the age of 7 in plays and international theater festivals. At age 12, she began acting in motion pictures and later attended the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.
Reception and awards
Reception for Issa's work has been largely positive, with Dzi Croquettes being her most famous work. Dzi Croquettes has received praise from multiple news outlets such as the New York Times and Film Journal International.
Tatiana also recently received two Excellence Awards at Impact Doc Awards for her feature documentaries "Yves Saint-Laurent: My Marrakesh" and "The Architecture of Tadao Ando".
Tatiana received 7 Emmy Nominations, she won her first Emmy Awards (64th Television Academy of Arts & Sciences - NY Chapter) as a Director & Executive Producer for her series "Immersive.World". In 2021 she won 2 more EMMYs for the documentaries "Dreams from the Deep End" and "Phillip Pearlstein: Life Happen". She got 4 other nominations for her works: "Under the Greenwood Tree", ""Transcending - The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center Celebrates 50 Years", "Immersive.World - Immersive Mind" and "Immersive.World - Immersed in a Pandemia" for AllArts & PBS Channels.
Since 2009, Tatiana has received more than 50 awards for her documentaries. She was a Director, Showrunner, Producer or Executive Producer for more than 40 television programs between 2003 and present.
Filmography
As director and producer
2023 "Caravana das Drags" - Amazon Prime - Creator/ Executive Producer/ Showrunner
2023 "Pacto Brutal, O Assassinato de Daniella Perez" - HBO MAX - Director/Executive Producer/Showrunner
2023 "Coisa de Menino" - HBO Max - Director/ Executive Producer/ Showrunner
2023 "Do Amor e de Luta" - GNT / Globoplay - Director/ Executive Producer/ Showrunner
2021 "Mulheres que Mudam o Mundo" - Youtube Originals - Director/ Executive Producer/ Showrunner
2021 "Ludmilla, Rainha da Favela" - Globoplay - Director/ Executive Producer/ Showrunner
2020 "Modo Mãe, Com Ingrid Guimarães" - GNT Network - Director/ Executive Producer/ Showrunner
2020 "Bertha Lutz - Women and the U.N. Charter" - HBO Channel - Director/Executive Producer
2019 "Vai que Cola, Miami" - Executive Producer - Multishow Channel
2019 "Além da Conta" - GNT / Globoplay - Director/Executive Producer/Showrunner
2019 "Tem Wi-fi" - Season 6 - Director/Executive Producer - GNT Network
2019 "Anota Aí, Listas imperdíveis" - Seasons 6 & 7 - Director/Executive Producer – Multishow Network
2019 "Férias em Família" - Season 1 - Executive Producer - Multishow Network
2019 "Expresso Futuro com Ronaldo Lemos" - Season 3 - Director/Executive Producer - TV Globo Network
2019 "Pedro Pelo Mundo" - Season 4 - Director/Executive Producer – GNT Network
2019 "Viver do Riso" - Director/Executive Producer - TV Globo Network
2018 "Fora do Armário" - Director/Executive Producer - HBO Channel
2018 "Os Gretchens" - Director/Executive Producer –Multishow Network
2018 "Expresso Futuro com Ronaldo Lemos" - Season 2 - Director/Executive Producer - Canal Futura
2018 "Pedro Pelo Mundo" - Season 3 - Director/Executive Producer – GNT Network
2018 "Anota Aí, Listas imperdíveis" - Seasons 4 & 5 - Director/Executive Producer – Multishow Network [1]
2018 "Além da Conta, com Ingrid Guimarães" - Season 5 - Director/Executive Producer – GNT Network
2017 "Expresso Futuro com Ronaldo Lemos" - Director/Executive Producer - Canal Futura
2017 "Geografia da Arte" - Director/Executive Producer - ARTE1 Channel
2017 "Destino Con Sabor" - Director/Executive Producer - Food Network
2017 "Pedro Pelo Mundo" - Season 2 - Director/Executive Producer – GNT Network
2016 "Além da Conta, com Ingrid Guimarães" - Season 3 & 4 - Director/Executive Producer – GNT Network
2016 "Pedro Pelo Mundo" - Director/Executive Producer – GNT Network
2015 "Almanaque Musical, com Marisa Orth" - Seasons 2 & 3 - Director/Executive Producer – Canal Brasil Network [2]
2015 "Anota Aí, Listas imperdíveis" - Seasons 2 & 3 - Director/Executive Producer – Multishow Network [1]
2014 "Rebobina" - Director/Executive Producer - Canal VIVA / Globosat Network
2014 "Beyond Ipanema" - Season 2 - Executive Producer - Canal Brasil Network [3]
2014 "NELSON 70, com Nelson Motta" - Director/Executive Producer – Canal Brasil Network [4]
2014 "Almanaque Musical, com Marisa Orth" - Director/Executive Producer – Canal Brasil Network [2]
2014 "Além da Conta, com Ingrid Guimarães" - Director/Executive Producer – GNT Network [5][6]
2014 "Anota Aí, Listas imperdíveis" - Director/Executive Producer –Multishow Network [1]
2013 "Gaby Gringa" - Director/Executive Producer – BIS Network [7][8]
2013 "Agenor, Canções de Cazuza" - Director/Executive Producer - BIS Network [9][10]
2012 "Beyond Ipanema"- Executive Producer - Canal Brasil Network [3]
2011 "Mundo em Movimento" - Director/Executive Producer –Multishow Network [11]
2010 "Broadway Dreams"- Director/Executive Producer –Multishow Network [12]
2003/2005 "New York Underground" - Director/Executive Producer /Hostess – Band & CNT Networks
2005 Medusa
2006 Parintins: Amor de Boi
2007 Dzi Croquettes
Education
2005 The Goethe-Institut Munich, Germany- Art History/ German Language
2003 Cervantes Institute New York, USA – Spanish Language
2001 Lorenzo de' Medici School Florence, Italy – Italian Language/ Literature/ Art History
2000 La Sorbonne Paris, France – French Language/ Art History/ Literature
2000 École du Louvre Paris, France – Art History
1998 Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute New York, USA – Acting techniques for film and TV/ scene study
1996 The Eurocentre Cambridge Cambridge, England – English Language
1988 The Tablado Institute Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Scene study
References
External links
Producing Partners
Brazilian film actresses
Brazilian television actresses
Brazilian film directors
University of Paris alumni
1974 births
Living people
Actresses from São Paulo