Summary

I am an Academy Award-Nominated producer/director specializing in crafting nonfiction stories. I was the Senior Producer on the hit BBC series "Weird Weekends with Louis Theroux" and I am currently developing a streaming series w/ Director RJ Cutler.

Credits

3/22 – 9/22

Creator (In Development with This Machine Filmworks) Untitled Cult Series Project (Pilot)

TV — Copious Pictures & This Machine Filmworks Details
3/22 – 9/22

I am currently in development on a four-part nonfiction cult series that is being coproduced between my company, Copious Pictures, and RJ Cutler's "This Machine Filmworks."

3/21 – 3/22

Executive Producer (EP) Make People Better

Gravitas Ventures — Film (Feature-length) — Rhumbline Media, Random Good Films, Diamond Docs Details
3/21 – 3/22

I was the Executive Producer and a Story Producer on this feature documentary repped by CAA that premiered at Hot Docs in 2022 and has been picked up for distribution by Gravitas Ventures.

9/20 – 9/21

Director Prison Cats

YouTube — Film (Short) — AMV BBDO Details
9/20 – 9/21

I was the director and story producer for this documentary shorts branded content campaign produced by AMV BBDO in London.

4/97 – 7/19

Senior Producer Weird Weekends

BBC-2 — TV — The Louis Theroux Unit Details
4/97 – 7/19

i was a principle creative force behind the BAFTA Award-winning BBC-2 series "Weird Weekends" with writer/ presenter Louis Theroux. I developed the participant-journalist model for "Weird Weekends", directed the series pilot and was the show's Senior Producer for several seasons. This series launched the career of the BBC writer/presenter Louis Theroux with whom I continue to collaborate with in producing nonfiction content.

Orgs

  • Directors UK
  • Video Collaborative

Media

  • Geoffrey O'Connor Director_Lisa Ling's "Our America" Produced, Written & Director for OWN

  • The Most Hated Family in America_BBC-2_Producer, Director & Story Producer

Recos

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Education

American Film Institute

Directing Fellow

My Gear

  • Off-line Avid & Premiere Edit Suite: www.copiouseditorial.com

Skills

  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Director
  • Producer
  • writer
  • executive producer
  • post production producer
  • SERIES PRODUCER
  • Series Creator
  • Story Producer for Documentaries