Active member
Advancing women directors across film and television globally.
TV Director & Filmmaker
São Paulo → San Diego → Worldwide
Bettina Hanna — Head Director, TV Director & Filmmaker
Head Director
Has directed for
Short documentaries · 08 / 08
Short
docs.
Eight festival-circuit shorts directed between 2017 and 2022. Human-scale stories — press freedom, migration, lives at the margin — shot tight, cut to length, screened internationally.
2022
The Afghan Journalist
Press freedom under threat.
2019
The Bus Station Project
Lives in transit — stories from the margins.
2018
Not Kidding
Growing up against all odds.
2018
The Salvation Mountain Man
Leonard Knight in the California desert.
2017
The Dead Town
Ghost town, living memories.
2017
Crossing Borders
Migration, identity, what you carry across.
2017
Hunting Peace
The search for stillness in conflict.
2017
Meet Abby Farr
One woman's extraordinary, ordinary life.
Recognition
The industry
knows.
Member
Supporting women at every stage of their careers in entertainment.
Member
Supporting the art of documentary filmmaking worldwide.
Jury member
Invited juror at multiple international film festivals.
National & international
Eight shorts on the festival circuit, 2017–2022.
Photography contributor
Work distributed via Getty Images and Ascent Media since 2007.
Selected work · 08 / 08
Credits
that speak.
Head Director on long-running reality and documentary productions for MTV, Paramount+, Amazon Studios, Netflix, and GloboPlay. Pre-production through final delivery — creative vision intact.
Documentary
01 / 05Director's reel
Director's Reel
Reel
Selected directing · cross-genre cut
Reel
Bettina Hanna
Selected directing · cross-genre cut
02 / 05Reel · 2020–2021
Director's Reel
Reel TV Shows
Compilation · directing across seasons
Reel TV Shows
2020 / 2021
Compilation · directing across seasons
03 / 05Released
Short Film · Director
The Houseplant Wife
Original short · direction + cut04 / 05Documentary
Documentary · Director
Genea Richardson
Portrait short · direction + cut05 / 05Released · 2018
Documentary · Director
The Salvation
Leonard Knight · California desert
The Salvation
Mountain Man
Leonard Knight · California desert
International TV
01 / 03ON AIR · S13
Reality · Head Director
De Férias com o Ex
MTV BR · Paramount+ · S6 · S7 · S12 · S13 + Caribe S1–4 · 2019→present
De Férias com o Ex
/ Ex on The Beach
MTV BR · Paramount+ · S6 · S7 · S12 · S13 + Caribe S1–4 · 2019→present
02 / 03Delivered · 2025
Reality · Head Director
Túnel do Amor
GloboPlay · Floresta Productions · 2024–202503 / 03Released · 2022
Competition · Head Director
Queens on the Run
Amazon Studios · Producing Partners · 2022Two cuts · 02 / 02
The work.
Director's reel
Vimeo · 2026
RUNTIME · 02:14 · UPDATED Q4 2025
Open in Vimeo →
Selected cut
YouTube · doc
DOC CUT · BEST WITH SOUND
Open on YouTube →
25+
Years in TV
8+
Networks
3
Continents
10+
Documentaries
Crew sheet · about
Born in
Brazil.
Built on
screens.
Bettina Hanna is a Brazilian-born TV director and filmmaker with over 25 years across reality television, documentary, and branded content. She holds a Bachelor's in Communications (Radio & TV) from FAAP São Paulo and has built her career across two continents.
She is the Head Director of De Férias com o Ex (Ex on the Beach) — one of the most-watched reality productions on Brazilian television. Seasons 6, 7, 12, 13, and all four Caribe editions for MTV Brazil / Paramount+. Her most recent Head Director credit is Túnel do Amor for GloboPlay (2024–2025).
In 2022 she was Head Director for Amazon Studios' Queens on the Run. Documentary work includes Sissi for FIFA+, Adriano's Last Wave for Red Bull, and eight festival-circuit shorts. Based in San Diego, CA. Available worldwide.
Affiliations
PortugueseNative
EnglishFluent
SpanishIntermediate
Contact · booking
Let's make
something.
Available for TV direction, reality and documentary productions, digital campaigns, and creative collaborations. Email is the fastest line; phones are reachable in both timezones.