Marina Viscun
Directing
Biography
Marina Viscun is an award-winning Moldovan-American filmmaker living and working in Los Angeles, CA. As a producer, she has been honored with two Telly Awards (Bronze Telly 2018 for “Big Voice” documentary, Silver Telly 2012 for “Journey to Safety” PSA), multiple Best Documentary awards for “Big Voice” (Heartland Film Festival 2015, South Dakota Film Festival 2015, and NewFilmmakers LA 2015), and Grand Jury and Audience Awards for “Ode to Los Angeles” by NewFilmmakers LA in 2011. As a writer, Viscun’s work has also garnered attention: her foreign-language feature “Seeds” was semi-finalist of Athena List 2018 and was shortlisted for Sundance Screenwriting Lab 2016, while her television pilot “Dress Blues” was quarter-finalist of Final Draft’s Big Break Contest 2017. In addition to relationship drama, Marina writes sci-fi, period, and romantic comedies, and enjoys writing short films that she also directs. Marina Viscun’s directorial debut was the experimental music video “Nuke City” in 2014, followed by the military short “scratch on metal”, which had its World Premiere at the San Pedro International Film Festival 2016, alongside abortion drama “The Option”, which she wrote. Marina is currently in active development on her feature “Seeds” to shoot in Eastern Europe, and pre-production on her shorts LGBTQ+ drama “Last Night” and sexual violence drama “Reverse”, while pitching other projects. Marina is the President of Pingvin Productions, Founder and Host of women collective #WeAreWITI, and former Head of Production at Pulse Films US and Producer at Caviar LA. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA), Alliance of Women Directors (AWD), Veterans in Media and Entertainment (VME), Women in Media (WIM), and Film Powered. She is the Newsletter Editor with AWD, and has served on the PGA West Women’s Impact Network, Diversity, and Education Committees, as a Chair of the Events Committee with NewFilmmakers LA, and was the Operations Co-Director for San Pedro International Film Festival. Viscun’s contributions to the LA area’s women empowerment has led to nominations for the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Women’s Summit Awards (2013-2017). Prior to her work in the entertainment industry, she taught Political Science and International Relations in colleges in New England and California and served in the US Navy on a forward-deployed ship stationed in Italy. Marina likes chocolate, animals, traveling, and good company.
Known For
Longtime couple Henry and Dianne are afraid that if they finally tie the knot it would mean the end of their days as free-spirited urbanites. But a whirlwind night apart involving temptations from a duo of strangers will either make them realize why they are together in the first place or finally drive them apart forever.
Between Us
In LAST NIGHT, a same-sex couple faces its end when one of the women would rather sacrifice her long-term relationship than watch the love of her life die from recurring cancer.
Last Night
When a naive teenage immigrant enlists in the US Navy with dreams of becoming the first female admiral, she must choose between her career and her safety while diving into the scary and subversive lifestyle of the isolated military world.
Dress Blues
After a 30-year old Eastern European au pair moves to Hollywood, she decides to make rich Americans great again by hammering education into the children of the stars.
Ionna, The Moldovan Hammer - An Educator to the Stars
BIG VOICE captures a tumultuous year in the life of a visionary high school choir teacher and his students as they overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to become one big voice in this inspiring musical documentary.
Big Voice
When three generations of women return to post-Soviet Europe to care for an ailing patriarch, they face a corrupt healthcare system and discover a society and a past that both links them together and sets them apart.
Seeds
Film about an Afghanistan-War-era multi-ethnic military family who struggle to preserve their daily existence in the face of selfish needs and psychological struggles.
scratch on metal
A young couple in the midst of committing a home burglary experiences a life-shattering turn of events that spins their relationship out of control.
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A poetic film evoking the diversity and illuminating magic of the creative people of Los Angeles.
Ode to Los Angeles
A night on the town becomes more than that
Bagua A Downtown Call
A film about a young couple who are informed of a life-threatening complication to their pregnancy and must decide what’s right for them and their future.
The Option
When some dreams end, family is always there