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Maria Clara Escobar

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Maria Clara Escobar wrote and directed the feature film “Desterro”, her first fiction, selected for the Tiger Awards Competition at the 49th Rotterdam International Film Festival. Before, she directed “The Days with Him”, documentary feature film awarded in festivals like Tiradentes (Brazil)...

Biography

Maria Clara Escobar wrote and directed the feature film “Desterro”, her first fiction, selected for the Tiger Awards Competition at the 49th Rotterdam International Film Festival. Before, she directed “The Days with Him”, documentary feature film awarded in festivals like Tiradentes (Brazil), DocLisboa (Portugal), or Cachoeira.Doc (Brazil), and presented in in venues like IBAFF - Murcia International Film Festival (Spain), Directors Week (Brazil), or the International Festival of Nuevo Habana Latin American Cine (Cuba). The film was commercially released in 18 cities in Brazil in April 2014 and released on DVD by Instituto Moreira Salles.

Maria Clara also wrote and directed two short films, wrote the screenplay and was the assistant director of Julia Murat’s “Found Memories”. This film had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and has won over 30 awards, having participated in over 40 festivals.

She recently worked in casting in two Berlinale’17 films: “Joaquim” by Marcelo Gomes (International Competition) and “Pendular” by Julia Murat (Panorama, where it won the Fipresci Award).

In 2019 Maria Clara released her first book of poems “Medo, Medo, Medo”.

Filmography 24

2025
Gil, Let's Explode São Paulo Movie

Director of Photography

2025
Serra das Almas Movie

Screenplay

2024
Portrait of a Certain Orient Movie

First Assistant Director

2022
Paloma Movie

Casting

2021
Abandonment Movie

Director

2021
Abandonment Movie

Writer

2020
Onde Habito Movie

Director

2020
Dysphoria Movie

Script Consultant

2020
Shine Your Eyes Movie

Casting

2017
Bitch Movie
2017
Pendular Movie

Casting Producer

2017
Joaquim Movie

as Cantora

2015
Califórnia Movie

Second Assistant Director

2014
The Days with Him Movie

Director

2014
2014
The Days with Him Movie

Director of Photography

Personal Details

Known For Directing
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Years Active 2008 - 2025
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Career Stats
24 Total Credits
3 Movie Roles