Issis Valenzuela is a director, producer and partner of Tabuleiro, a brazilian film production company. She graduated from University of Sao Paulo in Audiovisual Arts. Directed the short documentaries "Observadores de Saci" (2013) and "Seu Carlão - do Peruche a Pirapora" (2017), screened at festivals such as Encontro de Cinema Negro Zózimo Bulbul 2017 (Rio de Janiero), Kinoforum 2013 (São Paulo) and Curta Cinema 2013 (Rio de Janeiro). "Crab Recipe" is her first narrative short film. She also directed two episodes of "Empoderadas", a web series that interviews black women who are a reference for female empowerment in Brazil.