Moran emerged as a videomaker in the 1980s, part of a generation of young filmmakers from Belo Horizonte, standing out for their anarchic style, inventiveness, and social concern. Her professional activity is split between teaching, audiovisual creation, and academic research. Moran holds a master’s degree in Communication from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a PhD in Communication and Semiotics from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, and teaches at the Advanced Audiovisual Course at the School of Communications and Arts and at the Design Course at the School of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo. She has received prizes for some of her works, such as Maldito Popular Brasileiro: Arnaldo Baptista (1990), winner of the 1990 Concorrência Fiat; Adeus; Perdemos de 1 a 1 (2001), elected Best Minas Gerais Film by the public at the 3rd International Short Film Festival of Belo Horizonte and a Honorable Mention at the Bahia Film Festival; Clandestinos (2002), awarded at the international festivals of Bilbao and Caracas, and at national festivals; and the feature film Ponto Org (2010), which won Best Soundtrack at the Gramado Film Festival. She lives and works in São Paulo.