Discover Top Non-Fiction Film Directors in São Paulo, State Of São Paulo, Brazil

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.

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

I'm a versatile and experienced Director of Photography and self-shooting director with experience that spans documentary and factual TV, commercials, branded content and corporate work. Born and raised in the north of England, I have been living and working largely in Brazil since 2016. I regularly shoot all over the country - from off-grid in Amazonia to large-scale studio shoots in Sao Paulo - and am comfortable with both self-shooting and running a large team of camera and lighting crew. Recent work includes the Bafta-winning series Ten Pieces, acclaimed film The Ruins of Empire (directed by Andy Serkis), commercials and content for sports and fashion brands and documentaries for the BBC.

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• Corporate Videographer
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• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Field Producer
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Over 20 years’ of News, Content and Broadcast production experience. At the moment freelancing mostly as a Documentary and News Producer for International outlets such as CNN International, BBC, Sky News, but also acting as a Director and Producer for corporate videos in documentary style. In recent years, has also acted as Operations Manager for Youtube Space in Rio de Janeiro, and before as Executive Producer and Project Manager at Casablanca production house. Previously I have worked for over 6 years for the BBC World as their full time producer in Brazil. High level of technical understanding in Filming and Live transmission production. Very experienced in managing large crews and dealing with complex logistics. Flexible, focused, creative and hardworking.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Full-Service Live Production
• Field Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Executive Producer
• TV News Producer
• Fixer
• Podcast Producer
• Production Company
• Reporter / Journalist
• Transcriber
• Translator
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Senior Producer / Project Manager

My name is Felipe Campos Mello. I graduated in journalism and photography in São Paulo, Brazil. After that i studied two years of cinema in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I have worked in various segments of photography and audiovisual, from commercial works to production companies focused on documentaries. Currently, I work as a video journalist for The Associated Press news agency, covering news at São Paulo, but I also have parallel projects involving coordination, production, direction, filming, and audiovisual finishing for companies and brands from different sectors that require video content.

• Drone Operator
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Corporate Videographer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor

Hey, all! I am an experienced; Emmy-nominated director/shooter and photographer, based in São Paulo and London. I shoot with my own 4K video equipment (camera + drone). I have experience shooting docs, conducting interviews (in PT/ENG/ESP), and weaving complex news stories together as a producer/director. I also edit corporate and documentary projects for a number of UK and US-based clients. Portfolio: www.luccamesser.com and www.lateforcake.com

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Documentary DP
• Translator
• Commercial DP
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Production Company
• Drone Operator

Alícia Peres is a Cinematographer, Film Director and Screenwriter for non-fiction and fiction. She has a degree in Journalism (PUC-SP) and is a member of DAFB, Impulso Coletivo and Dual Cena Contemporânea, creative collectives working across the globe. From 2019 to 2021, Alícia took the Viewfinder Masters program, a specialization course in Cinematography for Film. Sponsored by the prestigious Erasmus Mundus scholarship, she studied at the National Film Schools in Dublin, Budapest and Tallinn.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Translator
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Audio Storyteller

I have a degree in journalism and history, I started my career as a photojournalist. I had a communication agency in London between 1998 and 2001. Back in Brazil, I worked as a freelancer for the main communication vehicles. In 2012 I migrated to the audiovisual and specialized in documentary. My main subjects are social and environmental issues.

• Documentary DP
• Portrait Photographer
• Commercial DP
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

Journalist, filmmaker and producer with experience in reporting and producing for internet, documentaries and TV shows, always nonfiction

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Field Producer
• TV News Producer
• Production Assistant
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Transcriber
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Social Media Producer
• Content Strategist
• Digital Content Creator
• Senior Editor
• Copywriter
• Sound Mixer
• Executive Producer
• Landscape Photographer
• Copy Editor
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Post-Production Manager
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Corporate Videographer
• Event Photographer
• Commercial DP
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist
• Series Producer / Show Runner

A Brazilian journalist travelling the world to tell stories.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Fixer
• TV News Producer
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Reporter / Journalist
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor

Fernanda Pessoa is a Brazilian filmmaker, working primarily on documentary, experimental cinema and videoinstallations. PhD candidate at University of São Paulo (ECA/USP), she holds a MFA in Film Studies at the Sorbonne Nouvelle, under Philippe Dubois’ direction. In 2017, Pessoa released her first feature documentary "Stories our cinema did (not) tell”, screened and awarded in several international festivals, distributed by Brazilian Netflix. Her second long documentary “Arid Zone” received an Honorable Mention at Dok Leipzig and is available in international streamings. She was a Berlinale Talents in 2019. Her work has been screened in some of the main documentary festivals in the world, such as IDFA, RIDM, DOC NYC, DocLisboa, Brasilia Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Cinélatino Toulouse, and in institutions as BIENALSUR, REDCAT/CalArts, IMS (Institut Moreira Salles) São Paulo’s Museum of Sound and Image, Paço das artes, among others. She’s currently working on the documentary “Swing and Sway”, supported by the Visions Sud Est Fund and selected for the Sheffield Doc Arts Talent Market, for Arché at DocLisboa and the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum, and on a short film called “Order prevails”, commissioned by the Videoart Award at Fundação Joaquim Nabuco.

• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Production Company
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial

Raphael Bottino is born and raised in São Paulo (Brazil) and works in the film market since 2004, when he began as production assistant and assistant director. As a producer he made videoclips, commercial ads, corporate films and shorts. In 2008 he joined Sala12 Filmes, where he worked as executive producer for theatrical docs, such as Grey City (2013), and produced and directed Yoani’s Trip (2015). He is the executive producer of the Chile-Brazil co-production Dios Me Libre (2011). In 2015 he worked at Damasco Filmes as executive manager of a docu-series for Discovery Home and Health, and later at Barry Company, as executive producer of the feature length documentary 4ALL (2016) and for several projects in development. Nowadays Raphael works as a freelance executive producer and line producer with experience in sets in many cities of Brazil, as well as USA, Canada, Ethiopia, Cuba and The Netherlands.

• Executive Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Fixer
• Field Producer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Translator
• Non-Fiction Film Director
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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Creative Director at Agência Vagalume Jessé Giotti (47) 989213667 | x Professional Experience The New York Times - Role: Freelance Editor - Duration: Seven months - Details: Contributed to Opinion videos and Op-docs. MOV (UOL's Audiovisual Production) - Role: Senior Producer, Special Reports and Mini-documentaries - Duration: 2019 - 2020 Revista Trip - Role: Video Department Editor - Duration: 2016 - 2017 - Achievements: Responsible for Trip TV on YouTube; developed content for other social media; participated in event coverage like Casa TPM and Trip Transformadores. Increased subscriber count significantly. Folha de S. Paulo (TV Folha) - Role: Videomaker - Duration: 2015; Freelance in 2017 - Projects: Edited mini-documentaries on occupied schools and Brazilian army's withdrawal from Haiti. Diário Catarinense - Role:Photojournalist and Video Production Lead - Duration: 2006 - 2014 - Achievements: Established the newspaper's video department; trained reporters for video production using smartphones. Freelance Work - Clients: BBC Brasil, History Channel, NYTimes Branded Content Projects - Clients: Santander, Unilever, Natura, Boticário, Coca-Cola Filmography - "Making Of" (2009): Short fictional film - Director of Photography. Official Selection at FAM; Archived at MIS/SC. - "O lorde do samba" (2014): Short documentary - Photographer. Production by Coruja Filmes (in finalization). Independent Documentary Projects - “Sem direitos": Life of an illegal immigrant in Trump's America (selected by Op-Docs editor Andrew Blackwell for DocSP 2018). [Teaser link](https://vimeo.com/296481805) (Password: sem diretos 2). “Que chance você tem?": Story of a Haitian actor aspirant. [Photography link](https://medium.com/@jessgiotti/que-chance-voc%C3%AA-tem-196cf0bd4ef8). Feature Film Project - "Libelu gritou primeiro: abaixo a ditadura!"** Story of the Trotskyist student movement Libelu. [Film note](https://blogs.oglobo.globo.com/lauro-jardim/post/libelu-em-que-militaram-palocci-e-reinaldo-azevedo-tera-filme.html). Essays - Há 15 anos minha família decidiu viver ilegalmente nos Estados Unidos. Por quê? [Link to the essay](https://cargocollective.com/jessegiotti/Texto) Awards - Esso (Photography) - Honorable Mention - 2010 - Diário Catarinense (Multimedia) - Professional of the Year - 2013 - Massey Ferguson (Multimedia) - 1st Place - 2014 - Sebrae Nacional (Web Journalism) - 1st Place - 2014 - CNI Journalism - 1st Place - 2014 - Editora Trip - Outstanding Contributor - 2017 - Global Shorts Docs - Shortlist - 2019 Languages - English: Fluent - Spanish: Intermediate Education & Training - Motion Design Specialization, Ebac (British School of Creative Arts) - Virtual Reality Narratives, The School of The New York Times - International Ethnographic and Documentary Film, Open City Documentary - Modern Art History, São Paulo Museum of Modern Art - Neuroscience and Creativity, São Paulo School of Fine Arts - Visual Narratives, Media Storm (New York) - Screenwriting with Miguel Machalski - Editing with Daniel Rezende - Rough Cut Lab, DocSP 2016 with Karen Harley - Harun Farocki's Artistry - Hybrid Cinema and Ethnography with Larissa Figueiredo - Photographic Curation and Narratives with Claudi Carreras - Subversive Narratives with Lucia Colin - Cinematography with Lauro Escorel and Carlos Ebert ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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• Video Editor - Documentary
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• Portrait Photographer
• Sound Mixer
• Production Assistant
• Creative Director

I am a director with a robust educational foundation. In 2012, I earned my documentary production degree from the esteemed ESEC institution in Paris, France. Complementing this, I invested three years in communications studies, fostering a comprehensive understanding of corporate dynamics and strategies. My professional identity is anchored in creative prowess. Technically, I specialize in proficient shooting, excelling in small configurations like DSLR setups while maintaining adaptability in traditional production settings. Throughout my career, I have curated a diverse portfolio spanning corporate films, digital videos, documentaries of varying lengths (26 minutes and 13 minutes), interviews, event coverage, and product showcases. Additionally, my role as a Director of Photography (DOP) has been instrumental in various projects. Originally from Morocco and presently based in Sao Paulo, my global perspective fuels my creativity. Always open to travel for exciting opportunities, my unique amalgamation of education and experience positions me to approach filmmaking with a profound understanding of both artistic and business facets, rendering me an invaluable asset to any project.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Executive Producer
• Senior Editor
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer

Luciano Munhoz is a Brazilian-born director and photographer, living between London and São Paulo, with a passion for both storytelling and imagery. His style can be described as relaxed and fresh, with particular attention to the visuals. He enjoys working with the talent to extract the best performance from them. Whether a commercial, documentary or branded content, Luciano will be equally happy and interested in finding the best way to tell the story; after all, it is all about the idea. Luciano started his career as a photographer 18 years ago and continues to photograph for commercial clients alongside his personal projects. Through photography, he learned the principles of storytelling using composition, light, the direction of people, and an editing process that further enhances and binds the narrative. He graduated from the National Film and Television School in London where he refined his skills as a director, giving him the ability to take an idea and bring it to another level. His client list includes Stella McCartney, Nike and Volkswagen.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director

Tali grew up in São Paulo and moved to the UK in 2005 to study filmmaking. In 2009 she graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art Film course and followed on to do an MA in documentary directing. The shorts she directed as a student were screend at renowned international festivals such as Silverdocs, Visions du Reel and others. Her first comissioned project, ‘The Perfect Fit’, was a short documentary developed through the Scottish Documentary Institute's scheme, Bridging the Gap. The film won best SXGlobal short film award at SXSW in 2012 as well as being shortlisted for an Oscar nomination in 2013, for best documentary short subject. Back in Brazil, Tali directed the short film 'A Gilr's Day' for the international series 'Why Poverty?'. She is currently editing her first feature documentary project supported by IDFA Bertha Fund, financed by a well established Brazilian agency, SPCINE and coproduced by Glononews the international TV news channel of Grupo Globo. She lives and works in São Paulo as a freelance director and editor developing new documentary projects for web and tv platforms.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Non-Fiction Film Director

Fotógrafo - Cinegrafista Especializado em documentação de manifestações populares (cultura popular), trabalhos publicitários não ficção. Formado bacharel em design, pela universidade Anhembi-Morumbi, com extenção de fotografia e cinema pela Paris 8, BNF ( Biblioteca Nacional Frâncesa) e Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade. Photographer - Cinematographer Specialized in documentation of popular demonstrations (popular culture), non-fiction advertising works. Bachelor's in design from the University Anhembi-Morumbi, with a photo and cinema extension by Paris 8, BNF (National Library Fránia) and Oswald de Andrade Cultural Office. EXPOSIÇÕES, PRÊMIOS & PUBLICAÇÕES: EXHIBITIONS, PRIZES & PUBLICATIONS: 2007 - Prêmio revista Folha, São Paulo, SP - Brasil. 2009 - Fragmentos Urbanos, coletiva. 2009 - Poesias Cotiadianas, coletiva. 2010 - Retratos, coletiva. 2010 - Um livro sobre a morte, coletiva, MIS – Museo de Imagem e Som. 2011 - 21ª Mostra Audiovisual de São Paulo, coletiva, video performance. 2012 - 9º Salão Nacional de Fotografia Pérsio Galembeck, selecionado, Brasil. 2012 - Caminhos de Artigas, individual, etínerante, Sesi, SP - Brasil. 2012 Livro - Um olhar sobre o Mundo, livro, Ed. Sesi, Brasil. 2013 - Homem e sua Terra, coletiva, II Festival Nacional de Cinema e Video de Piratuba, SC - Brasil. 2015 - Seus olhos, seu nariz, sua boca, sua história, Ocupação Artística. 2017 - Change For The Planet, Photo Competition Award - Bruxellas - Bélgica.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Portrait Photographer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Drone Operator
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Landscape Photographer
• Executive Producer
• Commercial DP
• Storyboard Artist

Documentary filmmaker, editor, researcher, screenwriter, sound recordist. Born in Natal in 1983 and raised in Bahia, I came to São Paulo in 2001 to study Audiovisual Production. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree from the University of São Paulo and have worked as an assistant director, sound recordist and editor over the last few years. My experiences with the Cinemateca Brasileira’s movie collection and my taste for research have boosted one of my passions: archived images and projects that speak to memory and history. Since 2012, I have worked mainly as a director for documentary projects, both made for TV and corporate, as well as an editor for several other projects, including fiction. I directed four shorts, two of them aired in ESPN Brazil: "The Amazing Stories of a Ghost Ship" (doc, 26', 2015) and "Following the Line: the History of Ricardo Prado" (doc, 26', 2016). The films were screened in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, in festivals such as It's All True, Hot Docs, FICVIÑA and FESTIn Lisboa. I also directed the third season of a television series entitled "O Papel da Vida" ("The Role of a Lifetime"), which was aired in 2014 in the television channel Canal Brasil. And "Families", a documentary TV series screened at the Brazilian Public Television Network, including TV Cultura and Futura. It won the Prix Jeunesse Iberoamericano - 11 to 15 years, non-fiction. "I'm Still Alive" is his first documentary feature. Released at the 25th CinePE in November 2021, it won the Best Director Award, Best Editor Award, Distribution Award and Special Mention. I'm starting to produce a new television series for the Brazilian TV channel Arte1 and my second documentary feature.

• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
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• Video Editor - Commercial
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• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Director, screenwriter and editor, graduated from the International Cinema Academy. Since 2012 she is one of the partners at Sonan Filmes. She is the Co-Director, Executive Producer and Editor of the documentary series Body, Affection and Revolution, winner of PROAC LGBT+ 2022. In 2020, she was Co-Writer, Co-Director and Executive Producer of the fiction series Your Eyes, available on Prime Video. The series was awarded in the Best Production and Soundtrack categories by Rio Web Fest and was officially selected at several festivals around the world. In 2012, she was the Writer, Director and Executive Producer of the medium-length film Arthur and the Inifinite, which won the Best Actress and Popular Jury award at the Filmworks Film Festival, now available for free on YouTube with more than 1.5 million views. From 2010 to 2012 she worked as a production director in several advertisements and as a production assistant in independent films.

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• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Senior Editor
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Field Producer
• Executive Producer
• Fixer
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Corporate Videographer
• Digital Content Creator

Audiovisual producer and filmmaker for more than 10 years, Felipe Haurelhuk has extensive experience both in large corporate associations and in small and independent companies. He worked for 11 years at Globo, the largest communication group in Latin America, and is currently dedicated to IDEOgraph, an independent audiovisual producer with a rich curriculum. The live action, animation or documentary shorts sought by Felipe have already traveled the five continents in more than 400 selections, ranging from the United States to Japan. 'Curly Power', by Swahili Vidal and Claudia Alves, earned him the Golden Kikito at the Gramado Film Festival in 2017. 'From Afar, No One Sees The President', by Rená Tardin, made his world debut at the Havana International Film Festival. 'Kaiser's New Adventures', by Marcos Magalhães, was the winner of a Brazilian public fund and honors the countrie's first animation in history. And the immersive experience 'Cine Metro Passeio', in a 360º video format, is his first extended reality project. Among the features, 'Between Frames - the Art Of Brazilian Animation' participated in the world's biggest animation events, such as Anima Mundi and the International Film Festival of Annecy. It was also available on streaming services and regular broadcast television. Also available in streaming is his documentary 'Right There - South Africa”, recorded on the African continent. Finally, 'The Earth Upfront', by Thiago Cóstackz, follows its trajectory in international film festivals. Is also part of Felipe's portfolio the videoclip 'Oh Moon' for the band 'As Bahias E a Cozinha Mineira", paid A&E channel campaigns, institutional videos and internal productions for companies of all sizes. Not to mention YouTube, which includes the 'Darth Blender' channel, with over 20 million accumulated views; and the project 'My Uncle Oscar', which is the most complete archive in Portuguese language about the Academy Awards. Felipe also works with courses, lectures, consultancies, participates in books, has deep knowledge of editing and project development.

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• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Executive Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Company
• Creative Director
• Video Editor - News
• Podcast Producer
• Production Assistant
• Copywriter

I am a documentary filmmaker based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I graduated in Journalism at Moscow State University and obtained a Master's degree in Documentary filmmaking at Goldsmiths, University of London. I worked as a TV reporter for many years, but for the last decade, I have been focusing on documentary filmmaking. I regularly film in the Amazonian forest and other remote regions of the country. So far, I have worked in 23 of the 26 states of Brazil, as well as in Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. My first feature documentary film, "On the Edge of Gold", which tells the story of illegal gold miners in the Brazilian Amazon forest, won the critic's prize at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival - Mostra. I typically operate with a lean team of just one assistant or sometimes even alone. This approach significantly reduces costs and allows me to maintain tight control over expenses.

• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Drone Operator
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director