Paula Alvarez Vaccaro

Paula Alvarez Vaccaro – Producer

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Paula Alvarez Vaccaro is an award winning producer, scriptwriter, journalist, and educator with more than twenty five years of experience working in film, TV, online, radio, and printed media in various languages and three continents. Some of her recent career highlights include winning at Venice Film Festival twice: in 2020 as a producer and writer of Listen, the most awarded film at the festival, winner of two Lions (Special Jury and Lion of the Future), and four independent awards including Hollywood Foreign Press Association Orizzonti, Best film by Independent Critics, and Best Social Impact film. The film was also selected as Portugal’s representative for the 93rd Academy Awards (AMPAS) in 2021, and in 2016 the Young Golden Lion for her production On the Milky Road, directed by Emir Kusturica.Before founding her current company, Pinball London, in 2009, she had worked in films, series and shorts production for international companies and broadcasters such as BBC, TVE, MTV, Channel 4, and ARTE. Based in London, UK, Pinball London brings a multi-cultural and inter-sectional perspective to its powerful international work from celebrated directors such as Sally Potter (Ginger and Rosa), Emir Kusturica (Maradona by Kusturica.