Luiz Ferraz

Director specialized in nonfiction projects, always looking for different forms of documentary language as a device to tell his stories. He went through major producers in the market such as O2 Filmes, Bossa Nova Films, Mixer, among others. Since 2007, he has been producing and directing projects at Olé Produções in parallel with work in partnership with other producers and production companies such as Grifa Filmes, Duo2.tv, Boutique Filmes, Big Bonsai, among others. Recently directed the Episode 4 (Clash of Rivals) and the second unit of the series "All or Nothing: Brazilian Football Team" (5 × 52) first documentary series of Amazon Prime Video in Brazil by Big Bonsai and Pitch Productions and the direction from the series "Cine Terror" (13 × 26) by Grifa Filmes for Prime Box Brazil channel. He co-directed the documentary for the National Geographic Channel "The Brazilian National Museum Fire" (48) by Duo2.tv and 2 episodes - LGBTphobia and Religious Intolerance - from the "Explorer Investigation" series (6 × 26) also for Natgeo by Vice Media. He signs the direction of the series "Tesouros do Tapajós" (13 × 26) licensed for Fishtv via FSA - Prodav 02. He was also director of the documentary "Miller & Fried" (70) in co-production with Globo Filmes, screened in theaters in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and during prime time at Globonews and the series " What will it be? " (27 × 5) and "Can I Help?" (9 × 15) screened in the program "How will it be?" at TV Globo by Boutique Filmes. He also directed 2 seasons of the series "Wild World" (9 × 48 and 4 × 44) and "Extraordinary Stories" (8 × 44) by Dogs Can Fly, all for Natgeo. He directed the documentaries "Barbeiros" (20) screened at It's All True Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Rep.) and Festival do Rio, "Samba de Quadra" (17 ) screened in more than 20 festivals such as It's All True Festival and DocsMX (Mexico) and winner of 7 awards and "O Pai do Gol" (20), screened at Cine Ceará, New York Brazilian Film Festival and at Festival do Rio. As a producer he did the documentaries "It's All a Plan" (74), licensed by the channel Curta! via FSA - Prodav 6 - about the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha and elected best documentary by the public at the São Paulo IFF in 2017, "Vilanova Artigas: The Architect and the Light" (90) sponsored by Itaú Cultural, screened for 11 weeks in cinemas in Brazil and winner of the APCA award for the set of cultural actions made by the centenary and "Football and Barriers" (110) screened at the São Paulo International Film Festival and awarded at the LAIFF in Buenos Aires. He also produced the series "Dia de Clássico" (10 × 28) with co-production of Mais Globosat and the short film "Funeral à Cigana" (15) screened in more than 30 festivals and received 11 awards, highlighting the awards in the Gramado Festival (Soundtrack), Rio Festival (Best Film by the public), DIVA Festival Valparaíso in Chile (Best Direction) and Rosario International Festival in Argentina (Art Direction). At Olé Produções he's producing the documentaries "Outro Rolê" (70) with PROAC ICMS resources, "Dança de Aluguel" (80) winner of the PROAC public fund and the series "Marcenaria Brasil" (8 × 26) with resources from FSA - Prodav 1, licensed for the Canal Curta! and who also signs the direction.