MAJA COSTA
Screenwriter & Director
Exploring Realities.
Maja Costa is a multilingual writer and director drawn to stories that challenge conventional narratives, focusing on diversity and inclusion with a bold, original voice. Her work explores human identity and behavior with both depth and humor, finding lightness even in the darkest themes.
A classically trained cellist from Milan Conservatory, she brings musical precision to her filmmaking. Her academic journey features an MA in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Egyptology, followed by Screenwriting and Directing Studies at Berlin’s German Film and Television Academy (dffb). As a SKY Italia scholarship recipient, she graduated from the prestigious Serial Eyes International Showrunner Incubator.
Maja’s credits include staff writing on the Grimme-Preis-winning series 5 VOR 12 (BR) and SKYLINES (Netflix). She is co-adapting Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s novel “E.E.” into a feature film. Her latest co-created series project was selected for the Torino Series Lab 2025. Her sci-fi short MÅNGATA received production funding from the European Space Agency and is streaming on Disney+.
Maja lives between Berlin and São Paulo.
She works in English, German, Italian and Portuguese (Brazil).
WRITING
Forging Unique Characters.
From the thrill of dystopian worlds to the mystery of bygone times, from next-door family-drama to provocative religious-comedy, my writing relies on powerful imagination and skillful craft. Bringing unexplored places to life, empowering unconventional characters, recounting the passage of time in short, full-length and serialized narratives.
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