After graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts Matias Mariani worked extensively as a producer in films such as Fish Dreams (Cannes' Critics Week), Drained (Sundance), Adrift (Cannes Un Certain Regard). In 2014 Matias directed the documentary feature I Touched All Your Stuff, which had its world premiere at FID Marseille and won Best Editing at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, as well as being released theatrically both in Brazil and the US, followed by the fiction feature Shine Your Eyes, which had its premiere in the Panorama session of the 2020 Berlinale and was purchased by Netflix for worldwide release on July 2020, earning glowing reviews from Variety and Hollywood Reporter. As a scriptwriter Matias worked on I Bring it With me (best film at Brasília Film Festival), Pendular (FIPRESCI award at Berlinale 2017) and Shine Your Eyes (Berlinale 2020).
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Biography from IMDb.
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Producer, director and writer
- 9 on MovieCove · 23 credits in all
What are Matias Mariani's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 3
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 2
Steady 4 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 3
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous4
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Matias Mariani's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 2 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Matias Mariani's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
23 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page.
Rulers of Fortune(2025)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Alignment Problem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Moving Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
O Jogo Que Mudou a História (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Rule 34(2022)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Cora (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Shine Your Eyes(2020)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Pendular(2017)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Bring It Inside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
I Touched All Your Stuff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Marias(2015)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Estrada 47(2013)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Trinta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Família Imperial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Fios de Ovos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
She Dreamed That I Died (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Rio Sex Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Adrift(2009)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
CODA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Elevado 3.5 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Drained(2006)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Carandiru(2003)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all filmsNature Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 21 titles, 20 of them dated from 2003 to 2025.
How do Matias Mariani's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 60th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 9 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 68/100 and the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Matias Mariani's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Matias Mariani work with?
People who share at least 2 of Matias Mariani's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Heitor Dhalia shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Heitor DhaliaShared titles: Rulers of Fortune (2025), Adrift (2009), Drained (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Heitor Dhalia
- Júlia MuratShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Shine Your Eyes (2020), Pendular (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Júlia Murat
Writers
- Roberto WinterShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Shine Your Eyes (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Roberto Winter
Actors
- Marcio VitoShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Pendular (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Marcio Vito
- Rodrigo BolzanShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Pendular (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Rodrigo Bolzan
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Gustavo GianiShared titles: Rulers of Fortune (2025), Adrift (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Gustavo Giani
- Leo BittencourtShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Shine Your Eyes (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Leo Bittencourt
- Lucas MarcierShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Pendular (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Lucas Marcier
- Mair TavaresShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), A Estrada 47 (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Mair Tavares
Producers
- Joana MarianiShared titles: Marias (2015), A Estrada 47 (2013), Drained (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Joana Mariani
- Juliette LepoutreShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Pendular (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Juliette Lepoutre
- Pierre MenahemShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Pendular (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Pierre Menahem
- Tatiana LeiteShared titles: Rule 34 (2022), Pendular (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Tatiana Leite
