
Person
Marão
Directing · Born 1971-05-30 · Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Biography
Marão graduated from the UFRJ School of Fine Arts and is an animation director, having made fourteen short films and participated in more than three hundred animations for advertising, internet, TV and cinema. He was founding President of ABCA (Brazilian Association of Animation Cinema), professor on the postgraduate course in animation at PUC for seven years and since 2003 he has been one of the coordinators of International Animation Day and managing partner of the production company Marão Drawings Excited. His short films have been selected for 658 film festivals in more than forty countries and received 124 awards. Marão was honored at the 20th Anima Mundi and also received retrospectives at the Baixada Animada, Iguacine, Animanima (Serbia), ReAnimania (Armênia), Anima BR (Angola) and ANIMAGE (PE) festivals.
Known for

Primeiro Movimento
Animation

Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation
Self

Engolervilha
Director

Até a China
Narrador

EngoleDuasErvilhas
Animation

EngoleLogoUmaJacaEntão
Animation

Engole ou Cospervilha?
Director

Bunnies and Opossums
Animation Production Assistant

O Muro Era Muito Alto
Director

Pelotas de Regurgitação
Director
Filmography
- 2024Bizarre Fish from the Abyssal ZoneAvô (voice)
- 2022Bunnies and OpossumsAnimation Production Assistant
- 2019O Muro Era Muito AltoDirector
- 2017UnicornAnimation
- 2016O Último Engolervilha IIWriter
- 2015Até a ChinaNarrador
- 2013Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian AnimationSelf
- 2013Engole ou Cospervilha?Director
- 2011EngoleLogoUmaJacaEntãoAnimation
- 2009I Wish I Were a MonsterDirector
- 2008O Anão que Virou Gigante(Voice)
- 2006Seu Dente e Meu BicoDirector
- 2006EngoleDuasErvilhasAnimation
- 2006Primeiro MovimentoAnimation
- 2005O Arroz Nunca Acaba(Voice)
- 2003EngolervilhaDirector
- 2000Pelotas de RegurgitaçãoDirector
- 2000Chameleon HornDirector
- 1997Cebolas São AzuisDirector
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