film direction | content strategy
In 2008, late Tim Maia’s mythical 1976 lost recordings of what would have become the third outing on his much celebrated “Racional” series, resurfaced. Three years later, the sessions were finished with original band members led by producers Kassin and Paulinho Guitarra. Commissioned for the album release, this documentary short, which I produced, directed and filmed, remains unreleased due to legal dispute between the record company and Tim Maia’s heirs.
Year: 2011
Year: 2006
Part of “A Voz” series (The Voice) I created, produced and directed for Queremos! YouTube channel (along with other short content series), where artists talk about how the found their inner voice, here Liniker opens up about his personal quest as a transgender. Check Queremos! TV for more.
Year: 2017
This was the second film I produced and directed about Chico Buarque, this time documenting the recordings of this album “Chico”.
The film was made available online as part of digital launch campaign that I also developed which included a website (chicobastidores.com.br) that offered a collection of short videos published throughout the month prior to the most anticipated album release. It was also included on Blu-Ray version of the live show released by Biscoito Fino records.
Year: 2011
Filmed in Kingston (Jamaica), London (UK), NY, Washington, LA (US), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (Brazil), “Dub Echoes” is a documentary that traces the origins of the Jamaican dub music and it’s influence on the development of hip hop and electronic music.
I produced, directed, filmes and co-edited the film that shows how the Jamaican invention called dub ended up influencing much of the music we hear today, from electronic music to hip-hop, transforming the studio in a musical instrument and giving way to all of sonic experiments.
After touring festivals around the world, it was released on DVD through cult label Soul Jazz Records.
Praya beer is getting bigger and bigger. They asked me to develop a training video to help educate its growing sales force on the company’s values, with a motivational and aspirational appeal. The solution I found was to tell the story through the eyes of their first and most successful seller, letting Frank tell the team how he got there and how working for Praya has positively impacted his life. There was also and accompanying corporate video with Praya’s history.
Bruno Natal 