Cionin Lorenzo

Cionín is an award winning Latina filmmaker from Brooklyn, New York. She just completed a feature documentary as the director, writer, and co-producer, Three (Extra)Ordinary Women, which is currently making the film festival rounds.

She is the Senior Video Producer for the Brooklyn Museum and recently was the Showrunner on two Peacock/T+ unscripted series. She started her career at MTV Networks where for over 15 years she worked on celebrity driven programming for MTV News & Docs, MTV International, MTV Latin America and MTV tr3s, including as Director of two short documentaries on Shakira, and Field Director of MTV Cribs for 5 years. Later, as Supervising Producer/Showrunner, she oversaw a team of over 30 people for the production of 70 episodes that were produced within three years. Recently, she was the story producer of the 2021 Imagen Award winning short film Lights, Camera Acción for American Masters (PBS) and the 2018 Imagen Award winning PBS Great Performances documentary John Leguizamo’s Road to Broadway. She is currently in the final stages of production on a feature documentary on families raising children with disabilities, while researching, developing, and consulting on content that touches upon decolonization, climate change, and the arts.

Format: Unscripted Features

Genre: Art, Disabilities, Documentary, Environmental, Experimental, Family, Latine, Music, People of Color, Social Justice, True Story, Women

Location: New York, United States

2024 NYC Women's Fund (On Three Wheels)

2023 PBS Open Call (On Three Wheels)

2024 Best Documentary - Female Eye Film Festival (Three (Extra)Ordinary Women)

2024 Best World Documentary - Harlem International Film Festival (Three (Extra)Ordinary Women)

2018 Imagen Award (for positive portrayal of Latinos in media (John Leguizamo's Road to Broadway)