For her directorial debut,
The Woman Every Man Wants (aka
Perfect Lover), Tagliavini won the Best Director award at three international
film festivals in 2001, including the New York Independent Film Festival and the
Munich Film Festival. Her film ''
Ladies' Night'' was the top movie in the box office in Mexico in 2004 and won three
MTV Movie Awards Mexico. The soundtrack was released by Sony. Tagliavini's TV film, the Viacom/VH1/MTV/Maverick feature ''30 Days Until I'm Famous'', premiered on
VH1. The film stars
Sean Patrick Flanery,
Mindy Sterling,
Udo Kier and
Carmen Electra and was executive-produced by
Madonna. Tagliavini's fourth feature as a writer-director,
Without Men, starring
Eva Longoria and
Christian Slater, was released in the U.S. in 2011. As a screenwriter, she wrote the English remake of the prestigious
Luis Buñuel's film
Belle de Jour. She adapted the best-selling novel
The Anatomist for
HBO Films and the screenplay for
Cantinflas, a biopic about the Mexican comedian-thespian. Her fifth feature,
Border Run (aka
The Mule), starred
Sharon Stone and
Billy Zane. She authored
Divas, an original pilot, and series bible for Sony. Earlier, she took on the role of director for the pilot and two episodes of the comedy series
Claramente on the Claro Video platform. In addition to directing commercials and television pilots, Tagliavini also worked as a writer and correspondent for
CNN. She was a juror at the
Berlin Film Festival, and won the prestigious 2006 ABC/DGA directing fellowship, where she worked on shows like Disney's
Hannah Montana and
Desperate Housewives. Tagliavini helmed a live show,
Comedy Rehab, for
Comedy Central. In 2018, Tagliavini successfully
pitched a concept to Amazon Studios, securing the opportunity to serve as the showrunner for her own TV series, titled
My Problem With Men, with production overseen by former
NBC executive Ben Silverman. Additionally, she is currently in the process of developing another TV series with multi-Grammy winner
Marc Anthony producing for Viacom/Paramount+. In television, Tagliavini served as an executive producer, overseeing both the pilot and four episodes of the
Warner Brothers TV series
Casa Grande, which debuted on Amazon in 2023. Tagliavini is also the author of a novel,
Los Colores de La Memoria, originally published in Spanish in Argentina, then rewritten in English for U.S. readers as
The Colors of Memory. Tagliavini was chosen for the Sundance and WIF's Women Initiative. She received a Life Achievement award from the Baja Film Festival in recognition of her contributions to the industry. == Awards, nominations, honors ==