title: Tina Mascara
text: # Tina Mascara
  
  Tina Mascara is an American director, producer and writer. She is best known for her documentary films, especially the two biographical documentaries (released in 2009 and 2014) which were made with her husband Guido Santi.
  
  ## History
  
  Mascara was born in West Virginia. She is a graduate of the film program at Los Angeles City College. She was married to the director Guido Santi. With Guido Santi she co-founded "Asphalt Stars Productions".
  
  Kirk Honeycutt in The Hollywood Reporter reviewing the film Chris & Don commented that Mascara and Santi are "superb filmmakers, fully alive in their terrific film … to all the undercurrents of art, social class, sexual orientation, challenging relationships and, most especially, the touching love story at the heart of their film."
  
  ## Filmography
  
  As director:
  
  * Monk with a Camera: the Life and Journey of Nicholas Vreeland, 2014, with Guido Santi,
  * Chris & Don: A Love Story, 2007 with Guido Santi
  * Asphalt Stars, 2002
  * Jacklight, 2000
  
  As producer:
  
  * Monk with a Camera: the Life and Journey of Nicholas Vreeland, 2014, with Guido Santi
  * Chris & Don: A Love Story, 2007, with Guido Santi
  * Asphalt Stars, 2002
  
  As writer, producer and director:
  
  * Asphalt Stars, 2002
  * Jacklight, 2000
  
  Asphalt Stars and Jacklight were shown at, and won awards at, the Madrid Film Festival, the Palm Springs Festival of Festivals and the Calcutta International Film Festival.
  
  