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name: "Mariela Besuievsky"
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tmdb_id: 71926
wikidata_id: "Q75880170"
roles: ["Producer"]
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average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:20:09.656207+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mariela Besuievsky

## Identity

Mariela Besuievsky

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mariela-besuievsky
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mariela-besuievsky
- **IMDb ID:** nm0079065
- **TMDB ID:** 71926
- **Wikidata ID:** Q75880170
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75880170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71926

Producer. Born in Uruguay.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Also known as:** Mariela Besuievski
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75880170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0079065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71926

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Secret in Their Eyes*](https://film.one/film/the-secret-in-their-eyes.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mariela Besuievsky is a Uruguayan film producer based in Spain. She has been a partner at Tornasol Films since 1999 and has worked as producer or executive producer on more than 150 films. She graduated in dramatic arts in Uruguay and studied cinema at the International School of Film and Television (EICTV) in Cuba.

Her first film as producer was *El Dirigible* (1994), which premiered in the Critics' Week section at the Cannes Film Festival. She produced *The Secret in Their Eyes* (2009), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and has credits on films including *The Oxford Murders* (2008), *Son of the Bride* (2001), *Tetro* (2009) and *The Man Who Killed Don Quixote* (2018).

Besuievsky received the European Co-Production Award (Prix Eurimages) in 2011 and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: imdb.com, elpais.com.uy, europeanfilmawards.eu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Secret in Their Eyes* (2009), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-in-their-eyes.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *El clan Olimpia* (2025), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *The Writer: Almudena Grandes* (2025), Executive Producer
- *The Good Luck* (2025), Producer
- *Un lío de millones* (2024), Producer, Executive Producer
- *Raqqa: Spy vs. Spy* (2024), Producer, Executive Producer
- *Artificial Justice* (2024), Producer
- *Someone Who Takes Care of Me* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Under Therapy* (2023), Executive Producer
- *My Father's Mexican Wedding* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Mamá no enRedes* (2022), Executive Producer
- *What Lucia Saw* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Replacement* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The King of Laughter* (2021), Co-Producer
- *Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta?* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *My Heart Goes Boom!* (2020), as Woman in Airport · Producer
- *The Goya Murders* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Realm* (2018), Executive Producer
- *A Twelve-Year Night* (2018), Producer
- *The Man Who Killed Don Quixote* (2018), Producer
- *The Last Suit* (2017), Producer
- *Four Seasons in Havana* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Producer
- *May God Save Us* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Born to Win* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Eva Doesn't Sleep* (2015), Production Design
- *Breathless Time* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Happy 140* (2015), Executive Producer
- *The Ignorance of Blood* (2014), Executive Producer
- *The Food Guide to Love* (2013), Producer
- *Another Me* (2013), Producer
- *Thesis on a Homicide* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Todo es silencio* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Everybody Has a Plan* (2012), Producer
- *Frozen Silence* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Chinese Take-Away* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Every Song Is About Me* (2010), Producer
- *No Return* (2010), Producer
- *The Widows of Thursdays* (2009), Executive Producer
- *The Secret in Their Eyes* (2009), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-in-their-eyes.md)
- *Tetro* (2009), Co-Producer
- *Horn of Plenty* (2008), Producer
- *Small Country* (2008), Executive Producer
- *The Oxford Murders* (2008), Producer
- *City in Heat* (2007), Producer
- *Mujeres en el parque* (2006), Executive Producer
- *The Education of Fairies* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Rough Winds* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Hermanas* (2005), Producer, Executive Producer
- *The Longest Penalty Shot in the World* (2005), Executive Producer, Producer
- *Only Human* (2004), Producer
- *Moon of Avellaneda* (2004), Producer
- *Triple Agent* (2004), Co-Producer
- *The Galíndez File* (2003), Executive Producer, Producer
- *Bear's Kiss* (2002), Co-Producer
- *The Last Train* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Son of the Bride* (2001), Producer
- *Without a Trace* (2001), Producer
- *Red Ink* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Waiting List* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Burnt Money* (2000), Associate Producer
- *No One Writes to the Colonel* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Vigo* (1998), Co-Producer
- *Extasis* (1996), Associate Producer
- *The Airship* (1994), Producer
- *Tahiti* (1989), Producer
- *La superficie* (1988), Producer
- *Sala de Espera* (1988), as Doctora
- *La jeringa* (1987), Production Assistant

## Gallery

- ![Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019](https://film.one/media/person/103712/gallery-f5e3b33eaa42.jpg) Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019 — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849500410653%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849500410653%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mariela Besuievsky](https://film.one/media/person/103712/gallery-9797ef728c89.jpg) Mariela Besuievsky — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849500410653%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019](https://film.one/media/person/103712/gallery-f15a789c2f53.jpg) Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019 — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849500418068%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849500418068%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best European Co-Producer 2011: European Film Award for Best European Co-Producer (won)
- European Film Award for Best Film 2010: European Film Award for Best Film (nominated), for *The Secret in Their Eyes*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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