Born in Athens in 1962, she studied Social Anthropology at University College of London, Photojournalism at the London College of Printing and Video Production at the South Thames College. She participated as a filmmaker in the series Eutopia! (2000), a BBC and ARTE co-production, shooting one half hour documentary “Greek and Pleasant Land”, one short “A German Shepherdess in Skyros”and one vignette for “United States of Europe”. From 1991 to 1999 she shot, directed and edited many corporate videos and documentaries for the Greek Spastic Society and other charities. Marianna is a documentary photographer since 1987, with several exhibitions and a book publication.