Maria Millan is a Queer Venezuelan Director, Producer and Photographer based in London and Glasgow. She has been selected to participate in the Hessen Lab with her screenplays ‘The Mirror’ and 'The Hollow Women'. The lab is part of the B3 Biennale to be celebrated in Frankfurt, Germany in October 2022.
She is also part of the scheme ‘Talent Led: Next Gen’ by the Independent Film Trust (UK, 2022) where she is being prepared to pitch the same screenplays to networks next January 2023.
Her latest documentary Trans_CSS will premiere in the 33rd Edition of the Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival this 8th of October.
2022.
She holds a BA Honours in Communications Science and Media and a specialisation in Audio-Visual Arts from the Catholic University Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. She also went to study Video Editing techniques at the famous International Film School of San Antonio de Los Baños in Cuba (EICTV).
She started her journey in film & TV through the art department where she designed sets for TV ads for clients like L'Oreal, CVS, Mr Muscle, and Mac Donalds among others.
She moved to London in 2011 and began shooting stills for Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan, Fruk Magazine, Funckin' Young, Jute, Eclectic Magazine among others. She led the Production Design for the film "Chop Chop" (2016) by Christopher Granier-Deferre. She also produced a TV Series called "Las Aventuras de Sifo Diaz".
She directed actress Lujza Richter Hugo (Phantom Thread, Dracula), and Demi Hannah Scott (SHOWstudio) in her film "The Refuge", part of the official selection of The Women’s Film Festival in the US, L’Etrange Film Festival in Paris, and winner of “Best Short” in the Social Machinery Film Festival in Italy. Millan was also invited to have a solo screening and Q&A at the David Lynch's Private Members Club: Silencio.
Millan is in the post-production of her feature film ‘Family Pride, Queer Aside’, an LGBTQA+ documentary that she made during the lockdown while being trapped in Venezuela.
Maria Millan is an example of resilience and perseverance. She aims with her work to call attention to the role of women and the LGBTQ+ community within society.
She is also part of the scheme ‘Talent Led: Next Gen’ by the Independent Film Trust (UK, 2022) where she is being prepared to pitch the same screenplays to networks next January 2023.
Her latest documentary Trans_CSS will premiere in the 33rd Edition of the Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival this 8th of October.
2022.
She holds a BA Honours in Communications Science and Media and a specialisation in Audio-Visual Arts from the Catholic University Andres Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. She also went to study Video Editing techniques at the famous International Film School of San Antonio de Los Baños in Cuba (EICTV).
She started her journey in film & TV through the art department where she designed sets for TV ads for clients like L'Oreal, CVS, Mr Muscle, and Mac Donalds among others.
She moved to London in 2011 and began shooting stills for Vogue Italia, Cosmopolitan, Fruk Magazine, Funckin' Young, Jute, Eclectic Magazine among others. She led the Production Design for the film "Chop Chop" (2016) by Christopher Granier-Deferre. She also produced a TV Series called "Las Aventuras de Sifo Diaz".
She directed actress Lujza Richter Hugo (Phantom Thread, Dracula), and Demi Hannah Scott (SHOWstudio) in her film "The Refuge", part of the official selection of The Women’s Film Festival in the US, L’Etrange Film Festival in Paris, and winner of “Best Short” in the Social Machinery Film Festival in Italy. Millan was also invited to have a solo screening and Q&A at the David Lynch's Private Members Club: Silencio.
Millan is in the post-production of her feature film ‘Family Pride, Queer Aside’, an LGBTQA+ documentary that she made during the lockdown while being trapped in Venezuela.
Maria Millan is an example of resilience and perseverance. She aims with her work to call attention to the role of women and the LGBTQ+ community within society.
