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Ana Johann is a screenwriter, writer, and director recognized for her inventive scripts in both fiction and documentary, having received numerous awards throughout her career, which began in 2007. Her first feature-length documentary, Um Filme para Dirceu (2012), premiered at the 45th Brasília Festival of Brazilian Cinema and received the Special Jury Prize for Language Study. Her third fiction feature, A mesma parte de um homem (2022), earned her the Helena Ignez Award for Outstanding Female Talent at the 24th Tiradentes Film Festival, as well as Best Original Screenplay from the Brazilian Association of Screenwriters (Abra), among other honors, and is available on Globoplay and OlharPlay. In 2027, her second fiction feature, Tantas coisas contêm em si o acidente, will premiere.

Ana holds a degree in Journalism and, in 2005, received a scholarship to study documentary filmmaking at the University of Barcelona through the Ibermedia program. In 2015, she completed her Master’s degree in Communication and Language with the release of the book A Construção do Poético no Roteiro Cinematográfico (2017), which presents research on symbolic objects that deepen screenplay writing.

In 2015, Ana Johann was one of three winners of the FRAPA Screenplay Competition (Festival de Roteiros Audiovisuais de Porto Alegre) with the project Terrestre, later renamed Dias que Palpitam no Escuro. The project was also selected to participate in the International Laboratory of Fundación Carolina | Ibermedia in 2017, held in Madrid, and secured direct access to the SANFIC ODS LAB in 2026, an initiative aligned with the UN 2030 Agenda.

As an author, Ana explores family units as microcosms of a larger structure, drawing on dramaturgy, language, and estrangement to investigate the fractures within these compositions. She has also collaborated as a screenwriter with other directors on projects whose stories remain confidential.

Her ability to create stories and direct in both fiction and documentary languages provides a comprehensive perspective in audiovisual production, standing out as a strength in her work.

In 2023, she published her first novel with Editora Nós, Histórias para matar a mulher boa, a semifinalist for the Oceanos Prize for Literature, one of the most important awards in the Portuguese language. In 2027, she will publish a new novel with Editora Todavia.