GABRIELLA MARTINELLI (Producer) has collaborated with filmmaker David Cronenberg on several features. She produced "M. Butterfly" and co-produced "Naked Lunch," both directed by Cronenberg. The latter film won ten Genie Awards, including Best Picture, in 1992. She also produced Clive Barker's "Nightbreed," which starred Cronenberg. Additionally, she line-produced Cronenberg's "Dead Ringers" and Morgan Creek's "Renegades."

Born in Italy, Martinelli emigrated to Canada with her family when she was five years-old. She studied art history and film at Carleton University in Ottawa and at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. From 1980 to 1984, Martinelli produced and served as production manager on television commercials and TV variety specials. She went on to coordinate the Canadian feature films, "Walls" and "My American Cousin."