Marina Stabile
Where You Come From Is How You Produce
Marina Stabile is a Brazilian-born, Swiss-raised producer and line producer with over 20 years of experience in film, documentaries, commercials, and digital content.
She is also someone I'm lucky enough to call a friend.
Most recently, she produced Josephine, written and directed by Beth de Araújo and starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan. Josaphine won both the U.S. Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival before being acquired by Sumerian Pictures in a competitive seven-figure deal. The film is screening in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival tomorrow!
Marina's credits span indie and studio films, including Miguel Arteta's Beatriz at Dinner starring Salma Hayek, the Sundance Grand Jury Prize–winning Clemency starring Alfre Woodard, Harrison Ford's The Call of the Wild (as VFX supervisor), Searchlight's Hold Your Breath starring Sarah Paulson, The People We Hate at the Wedding, and the pandemic-shot Untitled Horror Movie alongside fellow producer and past pod guest, Bronwyn Cornelius.
In this conversation, we explore how culture impacts your craft, define once and for all what line producers really do, why the best career moves sometimes look like a step backward, and whether Los Angeles is still a special place to make movies.
Enjoy!!
xx cg
“No matter how disparate cultures are, stories can be universal… As long as you can make someone identify with a character, you can take them on just about any journey.”
- Marina Stabile
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