- Address -
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86 Downey St,
Hopkinton, MA, 01748, United States of America
- Phone
- Office: 401 465-3505
Mari SanGiovanni
(She/Her)
Director/writer/producerLove Is Love Productions, LLC
Mari SanGiovanni is an award-winning LGBTQ filmmaker, screenwriter, director and owner of Love Is Love Productions, LLC, and is also a published author of four novels, and multiple screenplays, two of which have been produced as short films: THE SIBLING RULE (picked up by a LGBTQ streaming service, Lesflicks) and RETREAT which will be in festivals in 2025.
Full Bio
My first film, The Sibling Rule, won 5 film festivals in the LGBTQ and woman categories. My second film, Retreat, finished post production and is entering festivals in January 2025.
- Professional Credits
- Owner, writer, director, producer, with Love Is Love Productions LLC.
Multi-award screenwriter for my first film and for a screenplay based on my best-selling novel, Greetings From Jamaica Wish You Were Queer. I have 4 published novels with Bywater Books for the LGBTQ community.
I work full-time as a divisional manager of product development for TJX Companies in Framingham Massachusetts.
My 4th novel, Liddy-Jean Marketing Queen, is a novel which features a main character with intellectual and developmental disabilities and was published in June 2024, of which I hope to make a film adaptation.
- Industry Awards
- Film awards for The Sibling Rule:
Best Woman Short - Independent Shorts Awards, Best LGBTQ - Sydney World Festival,
Winner best LGBTQ - Liverpool Indie Awards,
Best LGBTQ Short - Independent Shorts, best short screenplay- The Her Vision Film Festival , and 2 finalist awards. Screenwriting awards: Best Feature Script for The Sibling Rule.
Screenwriting awards for Greetings from Jamaica: 2 award winners for Best Feature script, Best Romantic Comedy, 2 finalist, 2 Semi Finalist and 13 selected.