Discover Top Freelancers in Brazil

Michael Fox is a multimedia journalist and filmmaker, with over a decade of experience, and a passion for telling engaging stories. He’s reported from across the Americas, and now resides in Brazil, where he’s covered social movements, biofuels, development, the ongoing political crisis, and the election of president Jair Bolsonaro. He is the former head of video production at teleSUR English, where he oversaw the creation of hundreds of videos for social media. He’s the director, editor, and shooter of two feature-length documentaries and has worked as a producer, videographer, video editor, translator, fixer, tape syncer and audio engineer for breaking news, short and long packages, and radio. He is also the former editor of the NACLA Report on the Americas. His work has appeared on teleSUR, AJ+, The Real News, The Intercept, DW, TRT World, NPR, FSRN and other outlets.

• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• On-Camera Talent
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

Passionate. Creative. Hard working. Reliable I consider myself a storyteller. I have always beens art oriented and creative. I've been lucky enough to work in various ways in performing arts (music-dance) and visual arts (illustration, design, video) along my life. I do believe my extensive and eclectic background enriches every project I take on. Ultimately, I believe I am fascinated by communication, emotions and the quest of beauty. I am mainly a director, editor and post producer. I can also develop ideas, scripts, storyboards and put my great team together to shoot whatever is needed! Love to catch projects from scratch and work side by side with the customer so I can offer my creative input after understanding exactly what they want and need. Also love to get somebody else's footage and embellish it. Anyways, love my job.

• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Full-Service Live Production
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Influencer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Copywriter
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

EMILIA MELLO (director/producer/photographer) is a Brazilian-American filmmaker raised between West Virginia and São Paulo. She graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a degree in Biology and in Latin American Studies. Her first foray into film brought her to black tarp camps of the MST, a communist agrarian reform movement in Brazil. She has since produced for Norwegian reality TV, commercials, and short documentaries as well as for the Oscar nominated documentary film, Wasteland. She is working on her first feature documentary about a peninsula in southeastern Rio state.

• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Kadeh Ferreira is a videojournalist and photographer. With a production company based in Rio de Janeiro, Kadeh has been shooting stories for the past decade, specially focused in documentaries, news, and corporate videos. Kadeh is also experienced in production support, including pre-production, editing, post and final delivery. Please visit: www.dacartola.com

• Sound Mixer
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Production Company
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

My name is Dirceu Neto, I'm brazilian and I like to shoot social context videos. I like documentaries and videos with issues like human rights, cultural diversity, rights and gender equality, environmental issue, injustice, historical moments. I've worked with movies, TV and internet. I have my own equipment to get out the streets and hunt some stories.

• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Production Company
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Documentary DP
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

I'm a director/DOP/producer & journalist. Worked for more than 20 years for most major international broadcasters. BBC, Discovery US, CGTN, ITN, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, A&E Networks etc. Resident in Brazil for 12 years and filmed all over. Including the Amazon. My work is of the highest quality. I have a team of fluent English-speakers. Experience in documentary, commercial/brand, drama and news.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Production Company
• Audio Storyteller
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

Sam Cowie is a British journalist based in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Intercept and the BBC where he has bi-weekly radio slot. He has reported from Brazil, Mozambique, Swaziland, Paraguay and India. Twitter: @samcowie84

• Fixer
• Production Company
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

Production company based in São Paulo. Specialized in branded content, social advertisement and digital marketing. All work directed by Lucas Haas and Patricia Maccioni. Can check more stuff at our website www.voltfilmes.com.br . We are eager to work with new people and new projects.

• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Sound Mixer
• Graphic Designer
• Illustrator
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Creative Director
• Colorist
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Full-Service Live Production
• HD Live Operator
• Executive Producer
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Fixer
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Production Assistant
• Production Company
• Post-Production Manager
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

Graduated in photography from the University of Vale do Itajaí (Univali). I've been working since 2007 in the field of visual journalism, having worked in the documentary team at UOL, in the newspapers, Notícias do Dia and Diário Catarinense as a photo reporter. I collaborated with institutions as UNFPA Brazil and Rotary International, as well as with MOL's magazines Sorria and Por Example. Winner of the 2011 Fiesc Journalism Award, highlighted in the SAE Brasil National Award, and an honorable mention in the Tim Lopes National Journalism Investigation Contest. In 2012, I was part of the group of photojournalists selected by the Thompson Reuters Foundation for an improvement in photojournalism (São Paulo) and the 2015 class of the immersive course Kalish storytelling through visual editing (Rochester, United States). Also participated in workshops such as Final Edition (UnionDocs, New York), Multimedia Storytelling (International Center of Photography, New York), Universo da Cor, with Walter Firmo (Florianópolis) and Narrativas Visuais, with Claudi Carreras (Florianópolis).

• Sound Designer
• Sound Mixer
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I am a video-maker that loves searching for good stories, specially the ones dealing with political and social issues. In 2013 and 2014, I worked as a TeleSUR correspondent in São Paulo as a reporter but also shooting, videographying and video editing. During this period, I covered the June manifestations of 2013; the World Cup in Brazil in 2014; and the Brazilian presidential elections in 2014. I also participated in larger journalistic works for television, as for example, producing part of the Pachamama Program for Muzungu Producciones Audiovisuales. Before being a television reporter, I worked for 5 years as a freelance journalist for the Brazilian and international independent press. I am part of Desinformémonos. The stories in "The Surreal Genocid of the Guarani Kaiowas", written for the magazine Revista Caros Amigos Especial was one of the finalist of the respected Brazilian Anatel and Anamatra awards. I am graduated in Jornalism (PUC-SP) and in Social Science (USP ).

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

With my extensive experience as a Director of Photography, video editor, and content creator, I have had the opportunity to work on a wide range of projects. From corporate videos to documentary films, news reports to sports broadcasts and narrative productions. Through my collaborations with prestigious networks and clients such as Euronews, Deutsche Welle, CBC, NDR, ZDF, Discovery, Google, Nike, Oracle, and Mercedes Benz, I have honed my skills and knowledge in the industry. These experiences have further enhanced my proficiency and allowed me to adapt to different styles and formats of video production. In addition to my technical expertise, I possess advanced skills in efficient video content creation. I understand the importance of delivering high-quality video content within tight timelines and budgets. With my ability to plan and execute production schedules, I ensure that projects are delivered on time and within budget. As an enthusiastic team player, I am always eager to travel and shoot wherever necessary to tell your story. I work closely with clients and other members of the production team to achieve the desired vision and outcome. I am committed to delivering outstanding results and exceeding expectations. Languages: I am fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish and conversational in German and French. I am a Danish citizen. Gear: Sony FX6 II Sony E 24-105mm f4 Panasonic Lumix GH5II Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 Panasonic 35-100mm f2.8 DJI Ronin S Tripods Led light kit for interviews Wireless lapel microphones Ambient sound microphone DJI Mini 2 - 4K drone For references please have a look at my homepage: www.jespersohof.com I look forward to hear from you. Best regards, Jesper.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Field Producer
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Paula Sacchetta graduated in journalism at Sao Paulo University (USP), has worked for Globo, TV Brasil, O Estado de São Paulo newspaper and O2 Filmes. Paula won the Amnesty and Human Rights Vladimir Herzog Award in the magazine category, for an article about the National Truth Commission published in a special edition of the Caros Amigos magazine in 2012. She has directed "Truth 12.528", a documentary on the Brazilian National Truth Commission and The more prisoners, greater profit. Diego Lajst has graduated in photography and has been producing and directing short commercials and documentaries for the web since 2009. As part of the Galeria Experiencia collective, he created videos for Folha de São Paulo, O Estado de São Paulo and other important media outlets. He's working since 2014 in a web series about the water crisis in São Paulo metropolitan region, called Volume Vivo, whose first two chapters have been shown in festivals in town.

• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Production Company
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

Camila Rizzo is an award-winning director and editor. She has more than 15 awards with films and commercials. Her projects has been selected for more the 30 film festivals around the world, including Academy Awards (Oscars) qualifying film festivals. Rizzo has more than 13 years background in television. Previously, she worked in Rede Globo for over 5 years, a Brazilian network and one of the biggest in the world, where she had the opportunity to work in the coverage of the Olympic Games (2016), of the World Cup (2014), and in TV shows that were nominee and won the International Emmy Awards. She has directed and edited commercials for big brands as Disney, Coca-Cola, Shell, Herbalife among others. She graduated in the Directing Program at the UCLA Extension (Univertsity of California Los Angeles), in Los Angeles, California and also has a bachelor degree in Journalism at Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Translator

My work focuses on the social, environmental, and cultural issues in Latin America and Africa. I have produced photo essays and reports in various countries over the course of recent years, such as Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Swaziland, South Sudan, Uganda etc. I am also involved in the production of independent documentaries on literacy in Bolivia, education in Mozambique, HIV in Swaziland, and agriculture in Africa. I work in constant collaboration with major newspapers and magazines in and outside of Brazil, such as: Folha de São Paulo, BBC Brasil, Superinteressante, Época, Galileu and Playboy (Brazil); BBC Latin America, BBC Africa and The Guardian (England); The Miami Herald, OZY.com, TakePart, Insight Crime and Latin Trade (USA); Deutsche Welle (Germany); Clothes for Humans (Italy); La Diaria (Uruguay), etc.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

I`m Gaby de Saboya, German by birth and Brazilian by citizenship. I love my work as a journalist, filmmaker, and actress. My academic training has also been multidisciplinary and through it Ive also gained much experience in the areas of art, culture, and community activities. My academic curriculum includes a Master degree in Theater, Post Graduate degree in TV Journalism, Graduate courses in Journalism. Right now I work as an anchorwoman and TV reporter at Rio TV Camara. I have also produced the documentary Theater in Places that Lived Under War in Hanoi in VietNam. As a director I worked in documentaries for the Seminar 40 Years of 68 and the Long Documentary Carnival, Funk and Umbrella, exhibited in Brazil and Italy. I Would like to participate because I want to improve my skills as a reporter and filmmaker. Besides, my multicultural interest would be more than gratified if I could experience the energetic working environment at this community. Rio de Janeiro, my city, has been suffering great transformations in the urban and humanitarian areas. And I believe that my contact with you will help me to increase my view of myself, of my work and of my city.

• On-Air Reporter / Host
• On-Camera Talent
• Mobile Journalist / Livestreamer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

I'm dedicate my work to photography, film and music. In all three of them, I'm fully committed to a storytelling mission. Be it through journalistic and documentary film and photography, cinematography, editing, sound or composition. Stories unite many worlds, they must be told, they should be heard and photos and films can tell these stories. As a documentary filmmaker and photographer, I'm is focused on human rights and socio-environmental issues. For the last four years, since moving back to Brazil, I've being documenting environmental impacts and indigenous cultures in the Amazon rainforest, collaborating with UNESCO, Museu do Índio, National Geographic Brazil, Greenpeace, DNDi, among others,. My academic background includes a Minor in Journalism at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil, a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris III, France, and a Masters degree in Documentary Film at Université Vincennes–Saint-Denis – Paris VIII.

• Music Composer
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist

I'm, a self-shooting documentary film maker with over 15 years of experience. I graduated with a First from film school in London in 2000, and spent 10 years working in the British television industry. During this time I developed an original series for MTV, an original series fro Channel 5 as well as several one-off documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. I progressed to directing several large-scale productions including a prime-time BBC One series, "Wallace and Gromit's World of Adventure". I moved to São Paulo, Brazil in 2011 where I began working as senior producer at Vice Brasil's video content department. This involved producing short-form online content for their website as well as directing several branded content campaigns for global names such as Coca-Cola, Ray Ban and Absolut. I left Vice Brasil in 2013 and set up Zumbi Filmes, an independent production company catering for national and international clients such as Globo TV, Universal Pictures, HBO and Vice.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

As a reporter, I've worked for two of the major newspapers in Brazil, O Globo and Jornal do Brasil, as well as the biggest latin american news website, UOL and internacional news sites, such as Mongabay, NBC and Fox Latino. As a TV news producer | reporter, I've worked for several international companies, such as BBC|Panorama, Deutsche Welle, NatGeo, ARN Network, Globo, among others, and produced some livestream for the app Happs. I've also worked as a translator for Panda Books and as a researcher for the World Bank, Fiocruz, Columbia University (SIPA) and dutch Tv, Channel 3. I've contributed for Andrew Jenning's book, "Omertà", cowriting one of the chapters. In 2012, I was granted with the Sebrae Economic Journalism Award, for the story about the growing economy in Rio's slums, that I wrote for Jornal do Brasil. In 2014, I was granted with Columbia Journalism Fellowship for the Age Boom Academy Program, in New York City.

• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Translator

Based in Pernambuco, Brazil, João Velozo is a freelance photographer specialized in covering urban violence, human rights, and environmental issues, most specifically those taking place in the Brazilian Northeast. Once a Biology major, he quit the academic area in order to focus on photography, through which he felt he could promote bigger changes and social justice. His work as a photographer reflects his continuous dedication to humanitarian and environmental causes. During the Covid-19 pandemic, João reverted the profit made from the sale of his photos to food donations for poor families in his town - an act that aligns with his lifelong personal and professional beliefs. Listed as one of the main photographers of his generation by the 2016 TV show Caçadores de Alma (Soulseekers), João has previously worked for Deutsche Welle, NPR, VICE, Folha de São Paulo, Zero Hora, Diário de Pernambuco, and Doctors Without Borders. He was also one of the recipients of the Yunghi Grant 2018 Award for his work on the population struggling with the lack of access to water in the Brazilian Northeast. In 2020, his book "São Francisco", a visual narrative about the drought in the Brazilian semiarid region, won the Troféu HQMIX festival, the most important Award for comics in Latin America. Since 2019, he also collaborates with Contact Press Images as a contributor. João sees journalism as a way to connect those who cannot speak to those who want to hear.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Rafael Vilela is an independent Brazilian photographer currently reporting on social injustice and the environmental crisis in his country. He was one of the founders of Midia NINJA, an initiative that today has more than 8 million followers. His photographs are part of São Paulo’s Museum of Modern Art (MAM-SP) permanent collection. In 2014 he was invited by Magnum Photos to be one of the Brazilian photographers in the OffSide Brazil project to report on the World Cup. Rafael was also nominated for World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He has collaborated on international publications such as The Washington Post, The Guardian, VICE, The Intercept and National Geographic. In 2020 he was selected by National Geographic's Emergency Fund for Journalists covering Covid-19 and his work with Covid Latam won the POYLatam and the FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Field Producer
• Content Strategist
• Digital Content Creator
• Documentary DP
• Drone Operator
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Reporter / Journalist