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Felipe Braga

Nacimiento : 1979-12-17, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Historia

Felipe Braga is the creator of Samantha! and co-creator of Sintonia, shows produced by LB Entertainment for Netflix, and Lov3 (for Amazon, in its pre-production stages), as well as Latitudes and Neymar Jr's Life Outside the Fields - both nominated for International Emmys. Recently selected by Variety as one of Latin America's New Emerging Talents behind the screen, Felipe has written HBO Latin America series such as "Mandrake" (nominated for an International Emmy) and Destino, and feature films like Legalize Já and Cabeça a Prêmio. His first work as a director was B1, a feature documentary, followed by the feature fiction film Latitudes, part of a cross-media project in partnership with YouTube and TNT, presented at Locarno Festival. Felipe Braga, a founding partner of LB Entertainment alongside Rita Moraes, worked as a writer for production companies such as O2 (City of God) in Brazil, and others like London-based Working Title (in Trash, by Stephen Daldry). A SXSW Film panelist for four consecutive years, Felipe's latest projects include directing the HBO original feature documentary Principal Dancer, and the screenplay for Marighella, directed by Wagner Moura, with world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.

Películas

Writer

Afro-Brazilian poet and politician, the legendary Carlos Marighella. Driven to fight against the erosion of civil and human rights following the CIA-backed military coup of 1964 and the brutal, racist right-wing dictatorship that followed, the revolutionary leaves behind his wife and son to take up arms, becoming a notorious enemy to the power structure.

Principal Dancer

Principal Dancer

Producer

Principal Dancer is a mesmerizing look on how a young artist's journey is defined by his ability to challenge his own limits and to reinvent himself. Brazilian hip-hop performer turned into Royal Ballet's principal dancer Thiago Soares unveils the backstage of the Royal Opera House, in London, as he rehearses alongside some of the most outstanding names in contemporary dance - and prepares to go back home, in Rio de Janeiro, where he'll face one of his life's most challenging presentations.

Principal Dancer

Principal Dancer

Writer

Principal Dancer is a mesmerizing look on how a young artist's journey is defined by his ability to challenge his own limits and to reinvent himself. Brazilian hip-hop performer turned into Royal Ballet's principal dancer Thiago Soares unveils the backstage of the Royal Opera House, in London, as he rehearses alongside some of the most outstanding names in contemporary dance - and prepares to go back home, in Rio de Janeiro, where he'll face one of his life's most challenging presentations.

Principal Dancer

Principal Dancer

Director

Principal Dancer is a mesmerizing look on how a young artist's journey is defined by his ability to challenge his own limits and to reinvent himself. Brazilian hip-hop performer turned into Royal Ballet's principal dancer Thiago Soares unveils the backstage of the Royal Opera House, in London, as he rehearses alongside some of the most outstanding names in contemporary dance - and prepares to go back home, in Rio de Janeiro, where he'll face one of his life's most challenging presentations.

Writer

The meeting between two young guys, Marcelo —in the future, Marcelo D2— and Skunk , who sold t-shirts and cassette tapes in the center of Rio de Janeiro to survive, resulted in one of the most popular bands in Brazil in the 1990’s, Planet Hemp. Suppressed by a prejudiced society, the two made of their music a cry of alertness and resistance, conquering the hearts and minds of an entire generation.

Trash, ladrones de esperanza

Trash, ladrones de esperanza

Additional Writing

Dos niños de las favelas de Río de Janeiro encuentran una cartera en el vertedero donde buscan a diario, pero no se imaginan que este descubrimiento podría cambiar sus vidas. Cuando la policía local aparece para ofrecerles una generosa recompensa por la cartera, los dos chicos, Rafael y Gardo, comprenden que han encontrado algo importante. Deciden recurrir a su amigo Rata y los tres se lanzan a una extraordinaria aventura para intentar quedarse con la cartera y descubrir el secreto que esconde.

Director

Olívia, a fashion executive, and José, a photographer, gets together in Paris, having casual sex and talking a little about relationships. And, in some days, they meet again in another city. And another one. And another... Latitudes is a trip around the world, the love and the poem of living.

Writer

An intriguing case lands on Mandrake's desk. Just when he thinks he has it solved, some unexpected news changes the course of events.

Cabeça a Prêmio

Cabeça a Prêmio

Screenplay

The Menezes, a powerful family of animal breeders from the Mid-West, have always been at the helm of all illegal dealings in the region. In recent times, they've watched as the system that protected them for so many years slowly disintegrates. Mirão Menezes lives at the mercy of the drug-trafficking industry, the ever-encroaching authorities, and the constant and violent power struggle with his brother Abílio. Mirão's daughter Elaine becomes involved with her father's pilot, finds herself pregnant and decides to flee with him after her Uncle Abílio bribes them. Brito, the hitman sent to find the couple and finish them off, is ironically also victim of a love story.