Marcelo Martinessi was born in 1973 in Asunción, Paraguay. He is a director and writer, known for The Heiresses (2018), The Lost Voice (2016) and Karai norte (2009).
Marcelo Martinessi's stunning debut The Heiresses is an immersive and emotionally compelling look into the lives of the privileged, through the tribulations of a hesitant woman in quiet crisis.