Mariana Acuña Acosta

Originally from Mexico City, Mariana’s been at home in Los Angeles for over a decade. A technologist, VR pioneer, veteran pixel pusher, Variety magazine top 10 innovator, a finalist on the Women Startup Challenge in AI, mentor for the Virtual Production Fellowships by Epic Games, software creative and entrepreneur. During her years at Foundry, she focused on VFX & XR post-production workflows as the Head of Creative Specialists. Before joining Technicolor Creative Studios as SVP of Global Virtual Production & On-Set Services, Mariana was Chief Product Officer at Glassbox, a Technology Lumiere Award winning company that develops tools for Virtual Production. Prior to her switch into tech, she worked as a VFX supervisor and senior compositor, and has over 13 years’ experience in the motion picture industry.