About
Tatiana McCabe embodies originality with a heart of gold. Humanitarian filmmaker by trade, half American, half Panamanian by chance, cold brew fueled ocean explorer by choice. Her international upbringing baked in a passion for exploring the far corners of the earth from an early age and she has spent most of her life telling stories from around the world. Not to brag, but she has been to 77 countries and plans to try to make it to all 195 someday.
She is a self-proclaimed detail-oriented goofball who loves Super 8 film and has a soft spot for musical parodies. Make sure to ask her about the one time her music video honoring the Flight of the Conchords was aired on HBO.
With a BA in filmmaking from Emerson College and an MFA in Computer Arts from The School of Visual Arts she has developed an eclectic style of storytelling that encompasses a range of mixed media that will leave you laughing or crying and wanting more. She can be found experimenting with a myriad of cameras, puppeteering on a greenscreen or getting her hands dirty with paper and glue for stop motion style creations. In other words, she’s always looking for new angles to tell a colorful story.
In 2013 Tatiana founded her own production studio SecondHeart, whose work has been recognized by film festivals and publications around the world, such as the Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Imagine Science Film Festival, Brooklyn Vegan and The Village Voice to name a few. SecondHeart has worked with clients such as Unicef, United Nations, Smithsonian Channel and most recently, her all time favorite modern dance group Pilobolus!
Her creative direction portfolio ranges from being playful and comedic to thought provoking and emotionally stirring, often focusing on giving a voice to the underrepresented.
In addition to running SecondHeart, Tatiana was also at the helm as Creative Director for Nomadic Learning where she directed and produced dozens of motivational and educational animated explainers for five years. Make sure to ask her about the South Park style animation she made about the experience.
She is currently transitioning into the world of wildlife filmmaking, to take her cinematography underwater and apply her creative eye to environmental conservation.
