Anna Maria’s work as an actor, director, writer, and producer has received nominations, awards and recognition at many film festivals throughout the world, including Cannes.
The late Sanford Meisner personally assigned her the exclusive rights to bring out his seminal book?On Acting?in an Italian language edition.
Anna Maria recently played Queen Gertrude in the feature film?Hamlet/Horatio. Before its theatrical release (2021) the film has won Best Film at: Los Angeles Film Awards, New York Cinematography Awards, Southeast Regional Film Festival, and it also won Best Experimental Film at the Rome Independent Prisma Awards. She also played a principal role in the Lifetime feature film?Stealing Chanel.
Her solo-created short?33 Breaths?is currently streaming on online quarantine film festivals, and was a finalist of the 2020 Single-Take Challenge.
Anna Maria has produced,?co-written, and coached the actors on set of?Life After Her, winner?of the Platinum Award at the NYC Indie Film Awards?2017. The film has been selected by the Short Corner of the Cannes Film Festival, has received an Honorable Mention from the Rochester International Film Festival, and has received a nomination for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress in a Lead?Role at the Madrid International Film Festival.
As a theater director, actor, and producer she has worked with Kevin Bacon, the late Tony and Golden Globe-winner Brian Dennehy, the Academy Award winner Roberto Benigni, and the Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated Tony Danza. Her work has been seen at: The Kitchen -?for a BAM event, Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Station, Joyce Soho, St. Peter's Church, the American Museum of Natural History, and The Players Club.
Anna Maria co-produced Tribeca in Rome - a cultural partnership between the Tribeca Film Festival and the Rome Film Festival, including the Steps and Stars Award received by Robert De Niro.
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