Filmmaker. Narrative Designer
Digital Explorer. Storyteller. AV artist.
María Laura Ruggiero
María Laura Ruggiero is an argentine Filmmaker, and narrative designer specialized in experiential and transmedia storytelling. Her work has been featured in several international programs regarding emerging media such as Power to the Pixel, TransmediaNext, Forward Storytelling, FIPA. She’s an international speaker regarding topics of narrative innovation and virtual reality (MUTEK, SXSW, MIT, ONA, Berlinale, TEDx, VR Fest, Congreso Quirino de Animación, America’s Cultural Summit and more ) . She’s a Berlinale Alumni, Member of Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School, NATPE Diversity Fellow, Jihlava Emerging Producer and Winner of the National Endowment of the Arts, H20 British Council and recently awarded the Alice down the Rabbit Hole award from Digital Jove Spain. Since 2020 she’s a Creative Consultant for the WB VR division. In 2023, she worked as a Storytelling Tutor and Jury of MIT Reality Hack, Virtual Reality Hackathon of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her project Wave 201: The Unwanted Atlantis is part of the MIT’s Cocreation Studio project: Worlding.
She’s currently working on a PhD on Immersive Design, (UBA-FADU) and has completed the MITx´s Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality course with Fox Harrell Ph.D, and is part of the XR Design Virtual Reality Fellowship.
María Laura guides the StoryHackers Lab, a Pop Up Lab supported by OEI and the Board of Culture of Argentina, where she guides audiences into the exploration of new narrative languages and the impact of positive worldbuilding techniques. She runs SeirenFilms, a company devoted to the exploration of new narrative frontiers in emerging media. She’s part of Amplify Digital Initiative, an international initiative that supports women and non binaries in digital media sponsored by Mutek and British Council.
DomarHuracanes
María Laura, also known as Domar Huracanes (Taming Hurricanes) Image and Sound Designer, Lover of storms and extreme weather, virtual explorer and field guide of #storyhackers.
Space Geek, Astronomy and space exploration fan. Passionate about Design, Architecture, surfing and sustainability. All love for wilderness.
Yoga and Meditation instructor, lover of Borgean labyrinths, Elvis Presley and bioluminescent phenomena. Freediving apprentice.
Mythologies, hybrid beings, cyberpunk, Bauhaus, California and photos of Alpacas make me happy. Brit Marling and Low Fi Sci Fi Fan.
Poetry and Pixels. Creator and Narrative Designer of SeirenFilms.
To find out more, drop her an email or a photo of the ocean. Currently lives in Buenos Aires, but her mind always wanders between Californian Sequoias and crystal clear water beaches. She’s always writing something.
Read Me
Children of the Storm No Film School
Women of Wearables Entrevista
Con Herzog en la montaña Rogue Film School