Bio
I am a filmmaker, editor, and academic based in Scotland. I hold a BA in History from Rio de Janeiro State University and an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Turin. After over seven years as an in-house editor at TV Globo in Brazil, I graduated from Kino Eyes Film Masters, with a full-degree Erasmus Mundus scholarship and mobility in three European Universities: Screen Academy Scotland (UK), Baltic Film School (Estonia) and Lusofona University (Portugal). In 2021, I started a PhD in film practice and became a film & screen studies tutor at Edinburgh College of Art. I directed the short documentary Newcomers (2013), commissioned by the Centre Vidéo de Bruxelles (CVB) and edited a number of TV shows broadcast internationally and short films, which have been screened at festivals in South America and Europe. I am an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and was recently selected for Bridging the Gap, the Scottish Documentary Institute's short film development programme.
Education
2021-present: PhD Film Practice (Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK).
2018-2020: Kino Eyes Film Masters (Screen Academy Scotland - UK, Baltic Film School - Estonia, and Lusofona University - Portugal)
2017-2019: Visual Anthropology, Media, and Documentary Practices (University of Münster, Germany).
2009: MA Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Turin, Italy).
2001-2006: Licence in History (Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil).
Filmography:
Headland (writer/director), in development, UK, documentary (creative), Approx. 15min.
Linha/Thread (editor), in development, UK/Brazil, documentary (creative), Approx. 80min.
From Tait to Higgs (writer/director), UK, documentary (factual), 20min.
Três Graças/Three Graces (editor), 2021, Brazil, fiction, 20min.
Hindsight (editor), 2020, UK, drama, 17min.
Faux Detective (editor), 2019, Estonia, drama, 6min.
In-house editor TV Globo, promotions department (trailers), 2014-2018, Brazil.
Helena’s Shadow (editor), 2014, Brazil, television, 56 episodes/45min.
Albergue Carioca (editor), 2014, Brazil, doc-reality television, 16 episodes/45min.
Newcomers (director/editor), 2013, Belgium, documentary (creative), 2013, 15min.
Sparkling Girls (editor), 2012, Brazil, television, 10 episodes/45min.
The Life We Lead (assistant editor), 2011, Brazil, television, 18 episodes/45min.
Slaps and Kisses (assistant editor), 2011, Brazil, television, 2 episodes/30min.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
▹ Tutor in Film & Screen Cultures | Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh | September 2023-present.
Supervising undergraduate dissertations for the Design & Screen Cultures 4 course (DESI10052) and teaching seminars for the introductory film studies module on Contemporary Cinema (DESI08010).
▹ Assistant Lecturer in Film Editing | Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon | February 2021-July 2021.
Lecturer for Video and Sound: Multimedia Project undergraduate course (BA Photography).
Research interests: Documentary film, border aesthetics, travelling, displacement and movement in film.
Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent) & Italian (intermediate).
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