Director
Marão
55 years · Nilópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 16 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 16
Bizarre Fish from the Abyssal Zone
2024 · Avô (voice), Producer
O Muro Era Muito Alto
2019 · Director
O Último Engolervilha II
2016 · Director, Writer
Até a China
2015 · Narrador, Director
Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation
2013 · Self
Engole ou Cospervilha?
2013 · Director, Writer
EngoleLogoUmaJacaEntão
2011 · Director, Writer
I Wish I Were a Monster
2009 · Director
O Anão que Virou Gigante
2008 · (Voice), Director
Seu Dente e Meu Bico
2006 · Director, Writer
EngoleDuasErvilhas
2006 · Director, Writer
O Arroz Nunca Acaba
2005 · (Voice), Director
Engolervilha
2003 · Director
Pelotas de Regurgitação
2000 · Director, Producer
Chameleon Horn
2000 · Director, Writer
Cebolas São Azuis
1997 · Director, Writer