Marina Person

The Machine

In Nordestina, a small town lost in the Brazilian badlands, young Karina dreams of becoming an actress and leaving to explore the world. Before losing his love, Dona Nazaré’s son, Antônio, takes the first step in a kamikaze crusade to bring the world to Karina. For that, Antônio leaves town and announces, in a TV show that he will set off on a sensational adventure: a trip into the future, starting from Nordestina’s square. A story where dreams contradict reality, geographical and political conditions threaten to block life, and love plays the part of the transforming element.

Release Date2006-03-24

Charactersd Repórter TV

Vote Count18

Ballad of Return

One day, Eduardo arrives at his house and discovers that Julia, his wife, tried to commit suicide. She left her husband and two children without saying goodbye. After some time, she comes back home. He tries everything to set her straight, but the impossibility of knowing her fully grieves him. The shadow of the suicide and the inevitable ghost of a new chance hover over their heads. Eduardo insists on understanding his wife, but an increasing jealousy and an unexpected discovery of her past torture him. He does not realize that, most of the time, the search for control easily becomes an obsession.

Release Date2016-11-03

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Júlia

Vote Count9

Os Ruminantes

Release Date2025-04-03

Charactersd self

O Papel da Vida

Release Date2012-04-25

Charactersd Host

Episode Count39

Isabel

A woman in her early 50s who wants to open her own wine bar after being the head sommellière for a Michelin-starred restaurant.

Charactersd Isabel

Mais uma Vez Amor

In Rio de Janeiro, the teenagers Lia and Rodrigo have opposite behaviors and personalities. The clumsy Rodrigo is responsible and good student, while the emancipated Lia is totally irresponsible. They have their first sexual intercourse together on April 23rd, and they schedule to meet each other every year in the same date. Along the years, Rodrigo graduates in engineering and gets married with Clara (Christine Fernandes), having a son. The single mother Lia has a life without any commitment, moves to Paris and comes back to Brazil later. After a comedown, Rodrigo leaves his family and quits his job to live with Lia. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Release Date2005-04-21

Charactersd Vizinha de Lia (1980)

Vote Count3

Almoço Executivo

Five friends meet for lunch. Nothing could be more mundane, but for some reason, no one stayed for dessert.

Release Date1996-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Mulher no Restaurante Chinês

Vote Count1

Viva o Cinema! Uma História da Mostra de São Paulo

The series tells the story of the São Paulo International Film Festival, one of the most traditional cultural events in Latin America. For 48 years, the festival has showcased hundreds of films from all over the world, bringing vibrancy to the city. Filmmaker Marina Person provides an irreverent perspective, highlighting the exciting and unusual stories that have marked the festival’s journey of resistance. The series reveals the individuals who have embraced the challenge of organizing this significant cultural event in Brazil every year, despite often challenging conditions.

Release Date2024-10-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Episode Count4

She and I

20 years ago, Bia fell into a coma when her daughter was born, but that hasn't stopped her from being part of the family's daily life for all that time, even if she's unconscious. One day, extraordinarily, Bia wakes up and causes a radical change in the lives of everyone around her. While she needs to relearn how to talk, walk and relate, her adult daughter, her ex-husband and his current wife will have to readjust to a new family configuration, much more complex and full of challenges.

Release Date2021-12-10

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Charactersd Jussara

Vote Count3

Romeo and Juliet Get Married

The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of a member of the Palmeiras soccer club board. She is constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthiano.

Release Date2005-03-18

Charactersd Repórter ao vivo

Vote Count73

I Think It Was Raining

A single and apparently humdrum scene in which various days all blend into one. A couple is having breakfast in the kitchen. He is older, greyer, more anguished than she, who is light, pretty and giddy. A morning like any other, were it not for the secret fact that it would be their last together.

Release Date2012-08-24

Charactersd Mira

Back to 15

Unhappy at work and in her personal life, Anita discovers a way to travel back to age 15. What will she change in her past?

Release Date2022-02-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count80

October

A view of Brazil's 2018 Presidential Elections, held in October of that year. The polarizing Election led to the rise of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro

Release Date2019-10-18

Charactersd Self

Person

Person is a documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person. The documentary brings the reconstruction of the history of the São Paulo filmmaker through the personal journey of his daughter, Marina. Through interviews with friends, family, and people who worked with Person, she seeks to discover more than dates and biographical data.

Release Date2007-08-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Self

Vote Count5

Letter Beyond the Walls

Letter Beyond the Walls reconstructs the trajectory of HIV and AIDS with a focus on Brazil, through interviews with doctors, activists, patients and other actors, in addition to extensive archival material. From the initial panic to awareness campaigns, passing through the stigma imposed on people living with HIV, the documentary shows how society faced this epidemic in its deadliest phase over more than two decades. With this historical approach as its base, the film looks at the way HIV is viewed in today's society, revealing a picture of persistent misinformation and prejudice, which especially affects Brazil’s most historically vulnerable populations.

Release Date2019-09-26

Charactersd Self

Vote Count12

João & Antônio

A documentary about the fathers of Bossa Nova: João Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Release Date1992-12-29

DepartmentCrew

JobIntern

California

The year is 1984. Estela is going through the turbulent phase of adolescence. Sex, lovers, friendships; everything seems very complicated. Her uncle Carlos is her hero, and visiting him in California is her biggest dream. But everything collapses when he returns thin, weak and ill. Between crises and discoveries, Estela will face a reality that will forever change her way of seeing the world.​

Release Date2015-12-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count47

Buccaneer Soul

50 years of Brazilian history seen from the point of view of a friendship among two intellectuals.

Release Date1993-07-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count13

João Sem Deus: A Queda de Abadiânia

Based on real events, this three-episode series tells the story of two sisters who arrived in Abadiânia 17 years before João de Deus was arrested. During their time in Abadiânia, one of the sisters is traumatized by the violations, while the other becomes a loyal employee. The sisters' reunion is the factor that drives the story forward, culminating in a surprising twist.

Release Date2023-10-13

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count1

Rompendo o Silêncio

Release Date2021-09-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count1

A Imagem da Música - Os Anos de Influência da MTV Brasil

The documentary goes through the 23 years of MTV Brazil, taking stock from the avant-garde to the ostracism of the broadcaster that was the main guide for the musical, cultural and social formation of young people in the 90's and 2000's with interviews and testimonials from former VJ's and artists that emerged and became popular in the country because of the channel.

Release Date2017-05-03

Consideração do Poema

Carlos Drummond de Andrade's poetry is read by exponents of Brazilian culture, such as Chico Buarque, Caetano Veloso, Adriana Calcanhoto, Fernanda Torres, Marilia Pera, Antonio Cicero and others.

Release Date2011-03-03

Vote Count1

Confiscated Goods

Betrayed wife of a powerful and corrupt Senator, turns him in, and his fraud schemes and lies are exposed. After one of his lovers commits suicide, he has his illegitimate son kidnapped and taken to a decadent seaside resort in the country's extreme southern coast. The Senator chooses another former lover to take care of his son, and the two of them become involved beyond that of a mother son relationship.

Release Date2005-05-20

Vote Count8