Maria Reinup (born April 6, 1988) is an Estonian director. She graduated from Pelgulinna Gymnasium in Tallinn in 2007. Studied 2008-2009 at the University of Tartu as a Bachelor of Romance Languages and Philosophy, 2009-2010 at the Baltic Film, Media and Arts Institute of Tallinn University, as a Bachelor of Humanities, then at the Master of Directing. She was the artistic director of the Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival from 2012 to 2018; from 2012 to 2019, program creator for the Dark Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) and 2017 to 2019 of the festival "What The Fest!?" in New York. artistic director. From 2015 to 2018, she worked as a personal assistant to director Dome Karukoski on the films "Tom of Finland" and later on the biographical film "Tolkien" with the American film studio Fox Searchlight.