Maureen Fazendeiro was born in 1989 in Créteil, France. She studied literature, art and cinema at Denis Diderot University in Paris. Her films “Motu Maeva” (2014) and “Black Sun” (2019) have been selected at international film festivals such as FIDMarseille, Toronto, Mar del Plata, Viennale, Valdivia, Doclisboa, Vila do Conde, Torino, Gijon, and have been screened at cinematheques, museums and art fairs (MoMa, Biennale di Venezia, Aichi Triennale, FIAC Paris). She collaborated as scriptwriter on Miguel Gomes next film, “Grand Tour”. She lives in Lisbon.