Dani Daniela Granja

Daniela holds a PhD in Romance Languages, Spanish. She is a screenwriter and has a MA in Spanish and a MFA in Screenwriting. She teaches Spanish, Film Studies, and Screenwriting courses in the Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatutes Department and the School of Communications Film and Media Studies.


Academic Background

• University of Cincinnati - PhD Spanish, 2024. Graduate Certificates in Translation Studies and Film and Media Studies
• University of Cincinnati - MA Spanish, 2020
• Fulbright Scholarship: NYFA - MFA, Screenwriting, 2012
• FLACSO - Graduate Certificate in Visual Anthropology, 2008.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador - Bachelor degree in Sociology, 2006.

• University of Cincinnati: Basic, Intermediate, and Advance Spanish courses; Introduction to Screenwriting, Feature Film Writing, Community Filmmaking, Global Film, South American Contemporary Film, Film Character Analysis and Creation.
• Universidad San Francisco de Quito: Screenwriting teacher and Screenwriting Workshop Instructor.
• Universidad de las Américas: Screenwriting teacher.
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: Film Appreciation Workshop instructor; Sociology teacher.

• Kishpi, feature film. Co-writer with Gabriela Calvache.
• Época de plagas, short film. Directed by Gabriela Calvache. Co-writer
• The Sky Above Max, feature film project. Writer.
• Nostros, mi papá y el perro, feature film. Directed by Pablo Arturo Suárez. Co-writer.
• Sumergible, feature film. Directed by Alfredo León. Co-writer.
• Screenwriting workshop for the Andean Countries. Reader and translator.
• Chicago Latino Film Festival. Hospitality Coordinator. April 2015.
• Eco Chip, TV series. Writer. June 2014 – December 2014.
• La mala noche, feature film in postproduction. Directed by Gabriela Calvache. Screenwriting advisor. January 2013 – November 2014.
• UIO Sácame a pasear, feature film. Directed by Micaela Rueda. Screenwriting advisor. June 2013 – August 2013.
• Ciudad Quinde, web series. Writer. December 2013 – June 2014.
• Dino DeLaurentiis Company. Reader - internship. October 2011 – January 2012.
• Eclectic Pictures. Reader - internship. April 2011 – July 2011.

Book Chapter

Maria Daniela Granja Nunez (2023). Film and Gender in Central America: Five Voices. In The Rise of Central American Film. (pp. 292). Gainsville, University of Florida Press (Co-Author)