June • 2017
Emilia was very communicative throughout the project, pitched us a great story, and delivered a seamless live-stream from the jungles of Brazil. Would absolutely work with her again!
Emilia M.
São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil
12 reviews$500 - $1500 / Day
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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.
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- Documentary DP
- 4 reviews
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- 4 reviews
- Drone Operator
- 3 reviews
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5.0 Produced for Nameless Network Inc.
Rock Surfers of the Jungles of Brazil
Rock Surfing is a sport local to Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, where competitors flip, slide, and jump down water slicked rock formations. Official competitions that attracted hundreds of people. Point systems comparable to snowboarding and surf competitions are used. Rock Surfing is incredibly dangerous; a bad fall can mean instant death. Despite the dangers, people continue to practice the sport.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
5.0 Produced for CNBC Digital Video
CNBC Digital video looking for an experienced shooter for a shoot at Outback Steakhouse locations in São Paulo, Brazil
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Documentary DP
5.0 Produced for Business Insider
Sugarcane story in Brazil
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
- Field Producer
- Drone Operator
5.0 Produced for Bloomberg Digital
2/25 9am | 2 Camera Interview
Story in the Bloomberg Gamechangers series. Nubank co-founder Cristina Junqueira is expanding access to financial services in Latin America for those long ignored—or overcharged—by traditional institutions.
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Produced for Hill Holliday
Liberty Mutual Responsibility Project - Crooked Lines
Researcher and Producer on Liberty Mutual Responsibility Project series on the 2012 Olympics
- Documentary DP
No Kings - Feature documentary
Independent feature documentary about a Caiçara community in Southeastern Brazil.
- Documentary DP
- Field Producer
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- Video Editor - News
- Video Editor - Documentary
- Video Editor - Commercial
- Sound Mixer
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