HI
I’m a documentary filmmaker and video editor based in Montevideo and working with clients around the world.
Over the past decade, I’ve directed crews in more than a dozen countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, producing stories on development, climate change, education, and migration for organizations such as the Inter-American Development Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, R4V, and the World Bank.
I also collaborate regularly with Univision as a film editor. My credits include Born Without Arms or Legs (2025 News & Documentary Emmy winner and NPPA Best of Photojournalism award) and Rising Up in the Heartland (Emmy nominee, Online Journalism Award winner, and POYI first-place Documentary).
As a filmmaker, my work —co-directed with Claudia Abend— has premiered at international film festivals such as IDFA, True/False, BAFICI, Málaga or DocsBarcelona. Our debut feature, Hit, topped Uruguay’s box office; La Flor de la Vida (a Sundance Institute grantee) premiered at IDFA and screened at over a dozen festivals, later inspiring a spin-off series. Our latest documentary, Mom is Here —a tale about friendship and motherhood— will be released in 2025.
Our films have received awards including Málaga’s Audience Award, It’s All True’s Special Jury Prize, and Best National Film and two Best Editing awards from Uruguay’s Film Critics’ Association.
I teach documentary filmmaking at the University of Montevideo and hold an M.A. in Journalism and Latin American Studies from NYU (Fulbright scholarship).
I’m currently exploring the use of generative AI for ethical storytelling in unscripted projects. Stay tuned for more!
Feel free to reach out about collaborations or projects you’re working on: contact@adrianaloeff.com.
