Cristiane Oliveira is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her feature debut, Mulher do Pai (Brazil-Uruguay, 2016), premiered internationally at the 2017 Berlin International Film Festival. The film screened at more than 20 festivals and received 20 awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize at the International Film Festival of Uruguay; three awards at the 2016 Rio Film Festival (Best Director, Cinematography, and Supporting Actress); Best Screenplay at Cinema Jove in Valencia, Spain; and the ABRACCINE Award at the São Paulo International Film Festival. During development, the project was selected for the Produire au Sud Lab in Nantes in 2010 and the 2011 Talent Project Market at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the VFF Talent Highlight Pitch Award.

Her second feature, A Primeira Morte de Joana, won the Critics’ Jury Kikito for Best Film at the Gramado Film Festival and the Global Vision Award at Cinequest in the United States. The film received 11 awards and screened at more than 40 festivals worldwide, including international festivals in India, Athens, and Uruguay, as well as NewFest in New York. After participating in the Berlin Co-Production Market, the project attracted the attention of French distributor Epicentre Films, which became an associate producer and released the film theatrically and on DVD in France under the title Secret de Famille.