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

Nora's Will ''Nora's Will'' ( es, Cinco días sin Nora, also released as ''Five Days Without Nora'') is a 2008 Mexican drama film written and directed by Mariana Chenillo. It was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival. Plot Nora commits su ...

'' (2008), ''

Paradise In religion, paradise is a place of exceptional happiness and delight. Paradisiacal notions are often laden with pastoral imagery, and may be cosmogonical or eschatological or both, often compared to the miseries of human civilization: in paradis ...

'' (2013) and ''

Revolución Revolución, the Spanish word for revolution, may refer to: Music *''Revolución'', a 1985 album by La Polla Records * ''Revolución'' (WarCry album), a 2008 album by WarCry * ''Revolución'' (The Dead Daisies album), a 2015 album by The Dead Dais ...

'' (2010). Chenillo is the first female filmmaker to have directed a Best Picture-winning film at Mexico's Ariel awards 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 Fonzi ...

'' and

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a fil ...

' ''

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

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

Somos. ''Somos.'' is a Netflix limited series created by James Schamus and co-written with Monika Revilla and novelist Fernanda Melchor. It is based on the article "How the U.S. triggered a massacre in Mexico" by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ginger ...

''.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (''Cinco días sin Nora'') (2008) * ''Revolución'' (2010) * ''Paradise'' (''Paraíso'') (2013) * ''All That is Invisible'' (2020)

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