Experience

Producing Partners

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & Co-founder - Director/Executive Producer

  • 2011 - Present

  PRODUCING PARTNERS is a New York-based development and production company responsible for numerous hit shows on Brazilian television, including the critically acclaimed "Fora do Armário", a documentary series for HBO, the renowned art series "Geografia da Arte", the gastronomy show Destino Con Sabor for Food Network Latam, mong many others. Specializing in travel, art and entertainment series, the company was founded by directors Guto Barra and Tatiana Issa, who have produced and directed numerous documentary films and television series, amassing a long list of awards and accolades. As a production company that directs all resources into in-house developed programming, PRODUCING PARTNERS is unique in combining short turn-around production style with expertise in international audiences. Its seasoned New York-based staff oversees all production phases for each series, ensuring high production value and an extremely efficient workflow. Leveraging its partners’ relationships with well-known talent in the entertainment industry and beyond, PRODUCING PARTNERS is well-positioned to develop and produce a variety of exciting television programs. The company offers networks smart ways for fulfilling their programming needs, while developing an exciting roster of products that can be licensed and developed by partners in different markets. Some of company’s flagship shows are currently: "FORA DO ARMÁRIO" (OUT OF THE CLOSET), a 10 one hour episodes documentary series for HBO, the acclaimed art series "GEOGRAFIA DA ARTE", in conjunction with renowned institutions such as Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Keith Haring Foundation, Pina Bausch Foundation, Donald Judd Foundation among many others; PEDRO PELO MUNDO, a travel and current affairs series shot in over 40 countries, DESTINO CON SABOR, a gastronomy/travel series for FOOD NETWORK LATAM, ANOTA AÍ (TAKE NOTE), a travel and gastronomy series shot in 30 countries and many others.



ART DOCS FILMS

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO & Co-founder

  • 2016 - Present

  ART DOCS is a specialty imprint of Producing Partners, a New York-based company that creates content for clients such as HBO, Food Networks/Scripps, Globo, Futura and others. The company has collaborated with many prestigious organizations to produce high quality documentaries, including Keith Haring Foundation, Judd Foundation, Foundation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent, Pina Bausch Foundation, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Rubin Museum, New Museum, Fondation Henri-Cartier Bresson, Chinati Foundation and others. The Art Documentaries produced by the company have been shown in prestigious arts channels like Arte 1 and HBO, in film festivals like the Chicago International Film Festival, Hot Docs, SXSW, Rio Film Festival, as well as in institutions like the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, ICA, in Boston, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, among many others.



TRIA Productions

• Greater New York City Area

• Co-founder/ CEO/ Executive Producer

  • 2002 - Present

  Tatiana Issa is New York-based Award Winner director & producer with more than 30 International awards for her feature film, Dzi Croquettes, featuring Liza Minnelli. The film became the most awarded documentary in Brazilian History and hás been shown in prestigious venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, Haus der Kulturen der Werld, in Berlin, and on more than 60 countries around the world, followed by a theatrical release in the USA, Europe and Brazil. The film received outstanding reviews and got major media attention by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Time Out, LA Weekly, among many others. Tatiana is the CEO and founder of Producing Partners as well as ART DOCS Films and the Co-creator, Executive Producer and Director of a numerous hit primetime television series such as Some of company’s flagship shows are currently: "FORA DO ARMÁRIO" (OUT OF THE CLOSET), a 10 one hour episodes documentary series for HBO, the acclaimed art series "GEOGRAFIA DA ARTE", in conjunction with renowned institutions such as Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Keith Haring Foundation, Pina Bausch Foundation, Donald Judd Foundation among many others; PEDRO PELO MUNDO, a travel and current affairs series shot in over 40 countries, DESTINO CON SABOR, a gastronomy/travel series for FOOD NETWORK LATAM, ANOTA AÍ (TAKE NOTE), a travel and gastronomy series shot in 30 countries and many others. Issa, having had the opportunity to live all over the world, has studied internationally with concentrations in language, Cinema & TV, theatre, art & literature. Issa is polyglot and fluent in 6 languages.