Emiliana Ammirata
- Producer
- Director
- Additional Crew
Emiliana is an independent filmmaker from Venezuela with a vocation to create impact-based storytelling. Collectively, her projects have been supported by fellowships with the Sundance Institute, Adobe, La Biennale Di Venezia, VULCAN, and the Impact Guild.
Emiliana started her career working at Participant Media in their Documentary division and is a producer on two Venezuelan features - La Causa (World Premiere, IDFA 2019 ) and 'Patria y Muerte', supported by Berlinale. In 2019, she produced numerous short films with Film Independent's Project Involve Program as well as branded content with Gucci, VICE, and Garage Magazine. In 2020 she worked as a post-production supervisor for WIRELESS, produced by Steven Soderbergh for Quibi, now on ROKU TV.
She is a co-founder of the production studio, DISCORDIA, based in Los Angeles, California. They are in development on three feature films.
In 2020 she co-founded JEVA, a non-profit educational organization made for and from Venezuelan womxn that work within the cinematic space with now 800+ members. They provide educational workshops, grant support, small sponsorships, and mentorship. They've partnered with FinalDraft and Venezuelan embassies such of that of France, Spain and USA for program funding.
Emiliana is heavily influenced by her roots and a strong sense of community filmmaking. She hopes to make ground-breaking independent cinema that does not follow dogmatic storytelling.
Emiliana started her career working at Participant Media in their Documentary division and is a producer on two Venezuelan features - La Causa (World Premiere, IDFA 2019 ) and 'Patria y Muerte', supported by Berlinale. In 2019, she produced numerous short films with Film Independent's Project Involve Program as well as branded content with Gucci, VICE, and Garage Magazine. In 2020 she worked as a post-production supervisor for WIRELESS, produced by Steven Soderbergh for Quibi, now on ROKU TV.
She is a co-founder of the production studio, DISCORDIA, based in Los Angeles, California. They are in development on three feature films.
In 2020 she co-founded JEVA, a non-profit educational organization made for and from Venezuelan womxn that work within the cinematic space with now 800+ members. They provide educational workshops, grant support, small sponsorships, and mentorship. They've partnered with FinalDraft and Venezuelan embassies such of that of France, Spain and USA for program funding.
Emiliana is heavily influenced by her roots and a strong sense of community filmmaking. She hopes to make ground-breaking independent cinema that does not follow dogmatic storytelling.
