Tatiana Issa

Directing

Tatiana Issa

Born

1974-01-16 (52)

Place of birth

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Known for

Directing

Credits

22 titles

Tatiana Issa (São Paulo, January 16, 1974) is an award-winning Brazilian film and television producer and director. Winner of 3 Emmy Awards and nominated for another 12 Emmy Awards. Responsible for highly successful series such as "Pacto Brutal, o Assassinato de Daniella Perez" (HBO Max), one of HBO Max's most successful True Crime series, "Bateau Mouche, o Naufrágio da Justiça" (HBO Max) and the feature film Dzi Croquettes, one of Brazil's most awarded documentaries.

Known for

Guerra dos Sexos poster
8.6

Cousins ​​Charlô and Otávio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.

Guerra dos Sexos

1983

Hilda Hurricane poster
8.1

After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

Hilda Hurricane

1998

Amazônia poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Amazônia

1991

Deus Nos Acuda poster
6.8

The plot tells the story of Celestina, an angel responsible for Brazil. When threatened by God with being sent to the country she was supposed to help grow, she despairs and seeks out her friend, the angel Gabriel. To help Celestina, Gabriel asks the Almighty to let her stay in heaven for another six months. God, however, imposes a condition: Celestina must make a Brazilian citizen more honest, dignified, and compassionate, without disrespecting the free will that every human being should have. To fulfill her mission, Celestina chooses the swindler Maria Escandalosa, a charismatic, beautiful, and kind-hearted young woman, daughter of the equally swindler Tomás Euclides. Convinced that she will transform the girl's character, Celestina disobeys divine laws and saves her from an explosion, then begins to watch over the young woman's life on Earth.

Deus Nos Acuda

1992

O Fim do Mundo poster
7.8

The seer Joãozinho de Dagmar predicts the end of the world, throwing the population of the fictional town of Tabacópolis into a panic. Everyone engages in crazy behavior in anticipation of the supposed apocalypse.

O Fim do Mundo

1996

Bateau Mouche: Sinking Justice poster
7.2

Docuseries about the shipwreck that shocked Brazil in 1988, a disaster marked by greed, negligence and impunity.

Bateau Mouche: Sinking Justice

2025

Film credits

Series credits

Guerra dos Sexos poster
8.6

Cousins ​​Charlô and Otávio once had a romance, but today they detest each other. However, fate plays a trick on them: they will receive a large inheritance, on the condition that they live together.

Guerra dos Sexos

1983

Hilda Hurricane poster
8.1

After breaking off her engagement on her wedding day and going directly to a prostitution house, a young model becomes the city's most famous harlot, known as "Hilda Hurricane", in the 50's Brazil. She could do fine if it wasn't for Malthus, a young novice said to be a saint, for whom she falls in love. However, the boy is kept under the strict, severe doctrine of Father Nelson, a conservative priest intolerant even to every minor sin. Things start getting harder when Roberto, Malthus' old friend and a communist reporter (the actual author of the story), tries to interview Hilda and disclosure the real reasons behind her radical change of mind. In the meantime, the middle-classes are terrified by the "leftist threat" in Brazilian politics.

Hilda Hurricane

1998

Amazônia poster
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Amazônia

1991

Deus Nos Acuda poster
6.8

The plot tells the story of Celestina, an angel responsible for Brazil. When threatened by God with being sent to the country she was supposed to help grow, she despairs and seeks out her friend, the angel Gabriel. To help Celestina, Gabriel asks the Almighty to let her stay in heaven for another six months. God, however, imposes a condition: Celestina must make a Brazilian citizen more honest, dignified, and compassionate, without disrespecting the free will that every human being should have. To fulfill her mission, Celestina chooses the swindler Maria Escandalosa, a charismatic, beautiful, and kind-hearted young woman, daughter of the equally swindler Tomás Euclides. Convinced that she will transform the girl's character, Celestina disobeys divine laws and saves her from an explosion, then begins to watch over the young woman's life on Earth.

Deus Nos Acuda

1992

O Fim do Mundo poster
7.8

The seer Joãozinho de Dagmar predicts the end of the world, throwing the population of the fictional town of Tabacópolis into a panic. Everyone engages in crazy behavior in anticipation of the supposed apocalypse.

O Fim do Mundo

1996

Bateau Mouche: Sinking Justice poster
7.2

Docuseries about the shipwreck that shocked Brazil in 1988, a disaster marked by greed, negligence and impunity.

Bateau Mouche: Sinking Justice

2025

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Carmen

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Dzi Croquettes poster
7.7

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.

Dzi Croquettes

2009

Dzi Croquettes poster
7.7

A Brazilian theatre group that through talent, irony and humour confronted the Brazilian violent dictatorship in the 1970s revolutionising the gay movement worldwide and changing theatre and dance language to an entire generation.

Dzi Croquettes

2009

BR Trans poster
NR

BR Trans is a documentary that gives voice to the most marginalized and murdered population in Brazil today: transsexuals. Through the juxtaposition of a play starring Silvero Pereira, real stories and fiction are mixed in search of feelings such as affection and empathy.​

BR Trans

2021

BR Trans poster
NR

BR Trans is a documentary that gives voice to the most marginalized and murdered population in Brazil today: transsexuals. Through the juxtaposition of a play starring Silvero Pereira, real stories and fiction are mixed in search of feelings such as affection and empathy.​

BR Trans

2021

BR Trans poster
NR

BR Trans is a documentary that gives voice to the most marginalized and murdered population in Brazil today: transsexuals. Through the juxtaposition of a play starring Silvero Pereira, real stories and fiction are mixed in search of feelings such as affection and empathy.​

BR Trans

2021

Chase poster
NR

CHASE is a queer performative portrait of the first male dancer in modern ballet history to perform as a part of a female ensemble at an international ballet company. While pursuing the dream of being a ballerina and fighting for an inclusive ballet world, he is in a constant chase to find his own voice.

Chase

2023

Dominique poster
6.0

On a small island at the mouth of the Amazon River, Dominique reminisces about her life as a trans woman: from a strict religious childhood to living with a conservative gay uncle, from moving to São Paulo to entering a life of prostitution and being a victim of police brutality.

Dominique

2019

Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter poster
10.0

BERTHA LUTZ: WOMEN AND THE U.N. CHARTER reveals the important and unknown role of a Brazilian biologist and feminist in ensuring that gender issues were addressed at the basis of the United Nations.

Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter

2021

Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter poster
10.0

BERTHA LUTZ: WOMEN AND THE U.N. CHARTER reveals the important and unknown role of a Brazilian biologist and feminist in ensuring that gender issues were addressed at the basis of the United Nations.

Bertha Lutz: Women and the U.N. Charter

2021

Under the Greenwood Tree poster
NR

This documentary focuses on The Public Theater’s 2017 Public Works musical production of As You Like It, which was performed by 200 New Yorkers of all ages and boroughs, and was named one of the Top Ten shows of 2017 by The New York Times. Co-adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery, with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub, original choreography by Sonya Tayeh, and direction by Laurie Woolery, As You Like It was set to be remounted as part of the 2020 Free Shakespeare in the Park season, but those plans were halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This film tracks the creation of As You Like It and the ways this resilient community has banded together amidst the crises of 2020.

Under the Greenwood Tree

2020

Yves Saint-Laurent: My Marrakesh poster
NR

Yves Saint Laurent had become the biggest star of French fashion in the sixties, when he opened his own haute couture house after a three year stint at Christian Dior. He and his partner Pierre Bergé were vacationing in Morocco when they both fell in love with the country's culture and people. They immediately purchased a house in Marrakesh, where Saint Laurent said he "discovered the magic of color." Over the years, he continued spending time in Marrakech and drawing inspiration from Moroccan culture for his collections. After his death in 2008, his ashes were spread at Jardin Marjorelle, a park that Saint Laurent restored and opened to the public as a gift to Morocco.

Yves Saint-Laurent: My Marrakesh

2017

No artwork available
NR

The series Geografia da Arte analyzes the relation between artists and the places that inspire them. Two episodes will be screened. In "Ragnar Kjartansson + Iceland", one of the most important artists of contemporary art prepares a retrospective at the Reykjavík Museum of Art, exploring his connection with the country's culture. In "Henri Cartier-Bresson + India" we discover how the photographer met Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. His camera recorded the leader’s last appearance on night before his assassination. The photographs helped catapult Cartier-Bresson to international fame as a photojournalist.

Inspired

2017

No artwork available
NR

The series Geografia da Arte analyzes the relation between artists and the places that inspire them. Two episodes will be screened. In "Ragnar Kjartansson + Iceland", one of the most important artists of contemporary art prepares a retrospective at the Reykjavík Museum of Art, exploring his connection with the country's culture. In "Henri Cartier-Bresson + India" we discover how the photographer met Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. His camera recorded the leader’s last appearance on night before his assassination. The photographs helped catapult Cartier-Bresson to international fame as a photojournalist.

Inspired

2017