Gabriela Tagliavini is an Argentinian writer and director best known for her feature films ''Tequila Repasado'', '' Christmas With You'', '' Without Men'', ''Perfect Lover'', and ''

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'', She is a member of the

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(DGA). Tagliavini has directed five films, two for the box office, two for Netflix, and one for Amazon Prime. She has also worked for

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, Buena Vista,

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, and

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. She has directed actors

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, and

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. In 2022, '' Christmas With You'', secured the number 1 spot on Netflix in 26 countries and achieved a position in the top 10 in 80 countries. In her 2023 film ''Tequila Repasado'', a workaholic is challenged to outdo an increasing number of his clones when a mystical tequila repeatedly transports him back in time. His mission is to set things right with his family. She directed this film for Sony Pictures and Amazon Studios and it was launched on Amazon Prime worldwide.

Early life

Tagliavini was born in

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, Argentina. She received a bachelor's degree in film directing in Argentina and a master's degree in screenwriting from the

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(AFI).

Career

For her directorial debut, ''The Woman Every Man Wants'' (aka ''Perfect Lover''), Tagliavini won the Best Director award at three international

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s in 2001, including the New York Independent Film Festival and the

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. Her film ''

'' was the top movie in the box office in Mexico in 2004 and won three MTV Movie Awards Mexico. The soundtrack was released by Sony. Tagliavini's TV film, the Viacom/VH1/MTV/Maverick feature ''30 Days Until I'm Famous'', premiered on

. The film stars

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and

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and was executive-produced by

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. Tagliavini's fourth feature as a writer-director, '' Without Men'', starring

and

, was released in the U.S. in 2011. As a screenwriter, she wrote the English remake of the prestigious

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's film '' Belle de Jour''. She adapted the best-selling novel '' The Anatomist'' for

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and the screenplay for ''

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'', a biopic about the Mexican comedian-thespian. Her fifth feature, '' Border Run'' (aka ''The Mule''), starred

and

. She authored ''Divas'', an original pilot, and series bible for Sony. Earlier, she took on the role of director for the pilot and two episodes of the comedy series ''Claramente'' on the Claro Video platform. In addition to directing commercials and television pilots, Tagliavini also worked as a writer and correspondent for

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. She was a juror at the

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, and won the prestigious 2006 ABC/DGA directing fellowship, where she worked on shows like Disney's ''

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'' and ''

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''. Tagliavini helmed a live show, ''Comedy Rehab'', for

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. In 2018, Tagliavini successfully pitched a concept to Amazon Studios, securing the opportunity to serve as the showrunner for her own TV series, titled ''My Problem With Men'', with production overseen by former

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executive Ben Silverman. Additionally, she is currently in the process of developing another TV series with multi-Grammy winner

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producing for Viacom/Paramount+. In television, Tagliavini served as an executive producer, overseeing both the pilot and four episodes of the

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TV series ''Casa Grande'', which debuted on Amazon in 2023. Tagliavini is also the author of a novel, ''Los Colores de La Memoria'', originally published in Spanish in Argentina, then rewritten in English for U.S. readers as ''The Colors of Memory''. Tagliavini was chosen for the Sundance and WIF's Women Initiative. She received a Life Achievement award from the Baja Film Festival in recognition of her contributions to the industry.

Awards, nominations, honors

* Bogota Film Festival (2004) **Nominated, Golden Precolumbian Circle Best Film for ''

'' * Imagen Foundation Awards (2012) **Nominated, Imagen Award Best Director/Feature Film for '' Without Men'' *New York International Independent Film & Video Festival (2001) **Won, Feature Film Award Best Director for ''Perfect Lover'' *No Dance Film Festival (2001) **Won, Best Director for ''Perfect Lover'' *

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(2001) **Won, Moxie! Award Best Comedy Feature for ''Perfect Lover''

Filmography

Source: Short film * ''Coincidence'' (1988) (Also production assistant) * ''Captain Beto'' (short-film) (1991) Feature film Television

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