Marcella Tamayo is an animation artist, illustrator, screenwriter and mom from São Paulo, Brazil.
She has illustrated for the major publishers in Brazil and worked on several animation productions such as Ana, en passant, Perlimps, Papaya, Vivi Viravento and Safo. She is also the co-creator of the transmedia project Anna Bee.  

She is currently directing Y, her first animated short film.

C O N T A C T
marcella.tamayo@gmail.com
A N I M A T I O N  W O R K
( R E C E N T )

Y • Director - Animated short, 2026
Ana, en passant • Art Director - Animated feature directed by Fernanda Salgado, 2026
Papaya • Visual Development Artist - Animated feature directed by Priscila Kellen, 2025
Safo • Assistant Director - Animated short directed by Rosana Urbes, 2025
Seu Vô e a Baleia • Visual Development Artist - Animated short directed by Mariana Elisabetsky, 2025
Pária • Character Designer - Animated short directed by Daniel Bruson, 2023
Glória Maria • Art Director - Animated episode of Mulheres Fantásticas (TV Globo) directed by Aída Queiroz, 2023
Perlimps • Visual Development Artist - Animated feature directed by Alê Abreu, 2022
B O O K S
Art Intros Series • Written by Susie Brooks - Franklin Watts/Hachette Children's Group, 2026
A Grande Enchente •Written by Sérgio Capparelli - Editora L&PM, 2021
As Aventuras do Tempo •Written by Miriam Leitão - Editora Rocco, 2019
G R A N T S
Y • Spcine/LPG grant for animated short film production, 2023
Clareada • PROAC grant for creative writing, 2015
Anna Bee no Vale dos Sonhos • AnimaCultura grant for animated series pilot production, 2011

G U E S T  S P E A K E R
USP • 4ª Semana da Animação, 2025
EBAC • Speaker Series, 2019
ETEC Carlos de Campos • Semana do Design, 2014
SESC Juiz de Fora • Dia da Animação, 2014 
Universidade Anhanguera • Semana do Design, 2013
ETEC Albert Einstein • Semana do Design, 2011
SENAC Lapa • Pecha Kucha Night, 2011
ETEC Carlos de Campos • Semana do Design, 2010
E X H I B I T I O N S

Donas da Rua • Mauricio de Sousa Produções + UN Women - São Paulo, 2017
NOBROW Illustration Exhibition • TY Seven Dials - London, 2016
SESC Pompeia • Live Painting at Pupunha Ink - São Paulo, 2015
FUTURO • Zupi + Galeria Ornitorrinco - São Paulo, 2015
FUTURO • Zupi + Pixel Show - São Paulo, 2015
Pixel Show • Live Painting - São Paulo, 2015

R E S I D E N C Y 

Light Grey Art Lab • Art Residency in Iceland, 2018
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