Mariana Chenillo (born 29 April 1977 in Mexico City) is a Mexican film director and screenwriter, known for ''

Nora's Will ''Nora's Will'' (, also released as ''Five Days Without Nora'') is a 2008 Mexican black comedy-drama film written and directed by Mariana Chenillo. It was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival. Plot Nora commits suicide in a ...

'' (2008), ''

Paradise In religion and folklore, paradise is a place of everlasting happiness, delight, and bliss. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical, eschatological, or both, often contrasted with the miseries of human ...

'' (2013) and '' Revolución'' (2010). Chenillo is the first female filmmaker to have directed a Best Picture-winning film at Mexico's

Ariel award The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award reco ...

s with ''Nora's Will'', a comedy about the five days following Nora's suicide which she'd planned to bring her family back together. Her film ''Paradise'' showed what happens when an overweight couple moves from the middle-class suburban area of Naucalpan to Mexico City. She directed episodes of ''

Soy tu fan ''Soy tu fan'' (English: ''I'm your fan'') is a Mexican romantic comedy television series produced by Canana Films, Fox Television Studios and Once TV México, and is an adaptation of the Argentina series of the same name created by Dolores Fonz ...

'' and

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' ''

Club de Cuervos ''Club de Cuervos'', also known as ''Club of Crows'', is a Mexican comedy-drama television series created by Gary "Gaz" Alazraki and Michael Lam. Premiering with its full first season on August 7, 2015, it is the first Spanish-language Netflix ...

'', and co-directed the Netflix limited series '' Somos.''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (''Cinco días sin Nora'') (2008) * ''Revolución'' (2010) * ''

'' (''Paraíso'') (2013) * '' All That Is Invisible'' (''Todo lo invisible'') (2020)

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* Living people Mexican film directors 1977 births Mexican women film directors {{Mexico-film-director-stub