Joanna Lombardi

Place of birth: Lima, Peru
Fame for: Writing

Biography

Director, showrunner and executive producer. She directed “In House” in 2012, which won the Zenit de Oro at the Montreal Film Festival and the FIPRESCI International Critics Award. In 2015, she premiered her second film, “Alone”, at the Rotterdam IFFR Film Festival and competed in the Moscow IFF, Isola IFF, Sao Paulo LFF, among others. In 2017, she directed her first commissioned film, “How to Deal With a Heartbreak”, which was a box office success and became the first Peruvian film acquired by Netflix as an Original. In 2023, she directed “How to Deal With a Heartbreak 2” as a Netflix Worldwide Original.