Director
Leonardo Martinelli
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil · 10 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 10
Film Copacabana
2025 · Producer
Samba Infinito
2025 · Director, Writer
A Bird Called Memory
2023 · Director, Writer
Neon Phantom
2021 · Director, Writer
The Pleasure of Killing Bugs
2020 · Director, Writer
Around Copacabana
2019 · Director, Producer
Um Estranho no Escuro
2019 · Actor
Remember
2018 · Director, Writer
If The World Spinned Backwards
2018 · Director, Producer
Life in Gray
2017 · Director, Writer