Born and bred in Buenos Aires, Carmen Rivoira has an extensive academic career, she studied Electronic Arts at UNTREF, Image and Sound Design at UBA and Films at UTDT. She also studied scenography at the Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón and worked as an art director for many years.
As a director, Carmen has mainly focused on music videos, short films and commercials with brands like Bonafont, Just, Personal and Prosegur among others. Her first short film was shown at international festivals, such as the Berlin International Film Festival and Mar del Plata International Film Festival, where she received an award for best Argentinian short film. She is currently editing her second short film and is co-writing and developing a platform series. Since 2021 Carmen has been part of the DIP (Documentary, Intimacy and Staging) team, an independent training space coordinated by the director and producer Manuel Abramovich.