Maria Clara Portela is a Brazilian screenwriter, director, and actress from Paraíba. She is currently completing her BA in Audiovisual Studies at the University of São Paulo. She worked as a writers’ assistant on the teen fiction podcast Depois Que Tudo Mudou (Globoplay) and as a screenwriting intern on the Amazon Prime Video holiday comedy O Primeiro Natal do Mundo. For television, she was a writers’ assistant on season 10 of Que Seja Doce and season 7 of The Taste Brasil (both on GNT). In 2021, she was selected for Globo’s Black and Indigenous Storytelling Lab. Her short film Domênica, Toda de branco…, which she wrote, co-directed, and starred in, is currently in post-production. Maria Clara is also a staff writer at Mauricio de Sousa Produções and is developing her first feature-length screenplay through the New Voices Program.
Profession
- Screenwriter
Filmography
- “DEPOIS QUE TUDO MUDOU” (2022) – Writers’ Assistant; Teen Romantic Comedy Fiction Podcast – Globoplay.
- “POR LEGÍTIMA DEFESA” (2021) – Writer and Sound Editor; Mystery/Crime Fiction Podcast.
- “O PRIMEIRO NATAL DO MUNDO” (2022) – Writers’ Assistant; Feature-Length Holiday Comedy – Amazon Prime Video (Starring Lázaro Ramos & Ingrid Guimarães).
- “JARDIM FILMES’ (2022–2023) – Screenwriting Intern; Script editing, treatments and outlines, development participation, and writers’ room assistance.
- “QUE SEJA DOCE” (2023) – Jr. Writers’ Assistant; Season 10 of Reality Cooking Show – GNT.
- “THE TASTE BRASIL” (2024) – Writers’ Assistant; Season 7 of Reality Show – GNT.
- “CABÍRIA FESTIVAL” (2024) – Production Assistant; Project coordination, jury liaison, logistics for awards, labs, and training sessions.
Works
- Mauricio de Sousa Produções (2024) – Junior Writer; Participant in the New Screenwriters Training Program.