Mariana Čengel Solčanská (born 14 February 1978) is a Slovak film director, screenwriter and writer.
She studied political science and cultural studies at the Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra as well as film directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava under the supervision of Stanislav Párnický and Martin Šulík.
[3][4] In 2013, she directed the social drama Love Me or Leave Me based on the script by Alena Bodingerová.
[5] In 2014, she directed and wrote the fairy tale Láska na Vlásku , which became a hit in Slovak cinemas in spite of lukewarm reviews.
[7] In 2017 she directed and wrote the movie Kidnapping, depicting the crimes committed by the Slovak secret service under the authoritative government of Vladimír Mečiar in the 1990.