Person
Leonardo Martinelli
Directing · Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Biography
Filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro. His film Neon Phantom won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival. His shorts have been selected at festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Montreal, Biarritz, Toulouse and others. He also holds a Master’s degree in Communication from PUC-Rio and is currently developing his first feature film, selected for the Locarno Residency and the Hubert Bals Fund.
Known for
Film Copacabana
Producer
Neon Phantom
Director
Around Copacabana
Producer
Samba Infinite
Director
A Bird Called Memory
Director
Remember
Producer
The Pleasure of Killing Bugs
Writer
Um Estranho no Escuro
2019
If The World Spinned Backwards
Director
Life in Gray
Writer
Filmography
- 2025Film CopacabanaProducer
- 2025Samba InfiniteDirector
- 2023A Bird Called MemoryDirector
- 2021Neon PhantomDirector
- 2020The Pleasure of Killing BugsWriter
- 2019Around CopacabanaProducer
- 2019Um Estranho no Escuro
- 2018RememberProducer
- 2018If The World Spinned BackwardsDirector
- 2017Life in GrayWriter
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