Maria Clara Escobar
Directing
Born: 1988-07-04 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
Maria Clara is a diretor, screenwriter, casting director, and a poet. In January 2026, Maria Clara released the tv series “Paloma” (Canal Brasil, Globoplay), which she wrote and directed. A four-episode series that tells the story of a transgender woman's struggle to gain custody of her biological daughter. In 2025, she premiered her second feature film, Dolores, written and directed alongside Marcelo Gomes, at Horizontes Latinos in San Sebastián. The film was also screened at the Rotterdam fi
🎬 Movies (19)
Dolores
2026
Director
Soul's Peak
2025
Screenplay
Gil, Let's Explode São Paulo
2025
Director
Portrait of a Certain Orient
2024
First Assistant Director
Paloma
2022
Casting
Abandonment
2021
Director
Yesterday There Were Strange Things in the Sky
2020
Screenplay
Shine Your Eyes
2020
Casting
Dysphoria
2020
Script Consultant
Onde Habito
2020
Director
Joaquim
2017
Cantora
Bitch
2017
Pendular
2017
Casting Producer
California
2015
Second Assistant Director
The Days with Him
2014
Director
Found Memories
2012
Writer
Pendular
2009
Assistant Director
Areia
2008
Art Direction
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
2006
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