ASSOCIATED TALENT
PARTNER & HEAD OF PRODUCTION
DIRETORA DE PRODUÇÃO
Julia Palermo is a TV and film producer based in New York. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Julia won a BA in Journalism and worked at Thomson Reuters in Brazil before moving to NY to pursue a Masters in Media Studies at the New School. Since then, she has worked in a number of projects with companies like Killer Films and Alldayeveryday. At Producing Partners, Julia has helped produce several TV shows including Shopping Frenzy, Rewind, Take Note, Lugar Incomum and others.
Baseada em Nova York, Julia Palermo é produtora de cinema e televisão. Formada em Jornalismo pela PUC-Rio e com passagem pela Thomson Reuters no Brasil, Julia se mudou para Nova York para fazer mestrado em Comunicação e Cinema na New School. Desde então, trabalhou em produtoras de peso como a Killer Films, e se envolveu na produção de longas, curtas, videoclipes e comerciais. Na Producing Partners, Julia ajudou a produzir séries para a Globosat, como Além da Conta com Ingrid Guimarães, Rebobina, Anota Aí, Lugar Incomum e outros.
JULIA PALERMO
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, a chaotic city that has the gift of staying beautiful in any light or time of the day. Life kept taking me out of this place many times – and probably it will be like this for a while – but Rio has always been a surprise in its striking and diverse aesthetic to me. Addicted to this visual excitement, I fell in love with the cameras.
I’m thankful for my 13 years of adventures in Cinematography for traveling around my giant country and finding so much light and darkness, so much joy and pain, from the sadness abysm of a destroyed forest in Acrelandia to the thrill of a helicopter ride in the Iguazu falls. Work also had me travelling to Tokyo, Paris, Istambul, Medellin, Mo-i-Rana, London, Hong Kong, Beirut and so many other unique places where I could find new reasons to keep looking to people and landscape with the eyes of a lens.
In 2006 the editor of Clam, a French art magazine, asked me to tell them a little bit about my work and life experiences. After this conversation, I realized why the fascination of seeing beauty among the chaos was so strong on me. I told them I visited Lebanon recently pacified in 1994. The light hazes highlighted by the destruction dust and the buildings falling apart taught me to see beyond my comfort zone. The sad part is that there is beauty on destruction, a good framing is enough, and the story fits inside the observer’s head. I guess this addiction to seeing beyond kept me going.
GUSTAVO NASR
DIRECTOR
Raphael Alvarez is a New York‐based Award Winner director and producer. Growing‐up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he had leading roles in three major soap operas. As a teenager, Raphael relocated to New York City to further pursue his love of acting. His musical theatre debut was at the Westchester Broadway Theatre in New York, where he appeared as Rocky in "Damn Yankees" and as Judah in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.” He starred in a number of Broadway musicals including
"West Side Story", "Kiss of the Spider Woman" and "Jesus Christ Super Star" (with Ted Neely and Carl Anderson). In 2009, he co‐directed “Dzi Croquettes”, a feature documentary film that was released theatrically in the US, Brazil and Europe, amassing 25 International awards. Raphael currently directs and produces the weekly television series "Broadway Dreams" and “Dances of the World” for the Globosat Network/Multishow .
RAPHAEL ALVAREZ
ROTEIRISTA/SCREENWRITER
Ricardo Bairos is a screenwriter and journalist based in New York. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, he worked at newspapers “O Globo” and “O Estado de S.Paulo” before moving to New York to found the entertainment news agency Planet Pop, which provided content for publications such as “O Estado de S.Paulo”, “Folha de S.Paulo”, “Rolling Stone”, and “Vogue Brasil”. For the screen, he was an interviewer at documentaries “Clash of Cultures” and “Beyond Ipanema”. At Producing Partners, Ricardo researched and wrote several TV shows, including “Shopping Frenzy”, “Rewind” and “Take Note”.
Ricardo Bairos é um roteirista e jornalista baseado em Nova York. Nascido no Rio de Janeiro, ele trabalhou nos jornais “O Globo” and “O Estado de S.Paulo” antes de sua mudança para Nova York para fundar a agência de notícias de entretenimento Planet Pop. A empresa provia conteúdo para publicações como “O Estado de S.Paulo”, “Folha de S.Paulo”, “Rolling Stone” e “Vogue Brasil”. Nas telas, he foi entrevistador de documentários como “Clash of Cultures” e “Beyond Ipanema”. Na Producing Partners, Ricardo pesquisa e escreve vários programas de TV, incluindo “Além da Conta com Ingrid Guimarães” (GNT), “Anota Aí” (Multishow) e “Rebobina” (Viva).
RICARDO BAIROS
MAIN EDITOR
Paulo Testolini grew up in the little city of Vinhedo, Brazil. Paulo took up film at an early age: recording his family's expeditions and safaris through the wild lands of Brazil. He recently graduated from the film department at Tisch School of the Arts, and has been active in many film projects around the globe. His thesis short film “Suriname Gold,” an ambitious two-country Amazon production, was officially selected to screen at the HollyShorts Film Festival, Orlando Film Festival and Silent River Film Festival, amongst others. He is currently involved in the production of three Brazilian television series, “Agenor – As Canções de Cazuza,” “Gaby Gringa” and “Beyond Ipanema.” Paulo loves adventures, sailing, trekking, and the occasional burrito.
Paulo Testolini cresceu na pequena cidade de Vinhedo, no interior de São Paulo. Ainda quando criança, filmava as viagens e expedições de sua família pelo interior selvagem do Brasil. Recentemente se formou no programa de Filme e Televisão da New York University, onde participou de uma variedade de projetos cinematográficos ao redor do mundo. Seu filme, "Ouro Suriname", uma ambiciosa co-produção brasileira e norte-americana, foi exibida em mais de oito festivais pelo globo, recebendo o prêmio de “Melhor Curta estrangeiro” no Big Island Film Festival (Havaí). Atualmente, está envolvido na produção de três séries de TV brasileiras, “Anota Aí – os 10 Mais”, “Além da Conta com Ingrid Guimarães” e “Almanaque Musical com Marisa Orth”. Paulo adora aventuras, navegar, explorar florestas e o burrito mexicano ocasional.
PAULO TESTOLINI
ADDITIONAL INFO:
MUSIC SUPERVISOR
Béco Dranoff é o produtor responsável por quase todos os grandes impulsos que a música brasileira teve no mercado internacional nos últimos anos. Além de lançar a carreira de Bebel Gilberto (produzindo os três primeiros álbuns da cantora), foi o co-criador dos projetos "Red Hot + Rio", com artistas como Beck, Caetano Veloso, George Michael e Seu Jorge, entre muitos outros. Ao lado de David Byrne, co-produziu a coletânea "Everything Is Possible", que impulsionou a redescoberta dos Mutantes no mercado internacional nos anos 90. Por meio de seu selo, Ziriguiboom, lançou uma série de artistas brasileiros na Europa, EUA e Japão, incluindo Cibelle, Bossa Cuca Nova, Apollo Nove e Zuco 103. Dranoff produziu inúmeras compilações importantes e trabalhou como consultor em projetos indicados para o Grammy e outros prêmios importantes da indústria internacional.
Béco Dranoff is an award winning music and film producer, with over 20 years of experience inside the Brazilian music and culture industry. Dranoff’s multi-faceted experiences as an A&R, record, film and radio producer, live event curator, compiler and more, have positioned him as a unique and culturally relevant international bridge for the creation and promotion of music, film and artistic projects between Brazil and the modern global world. Dranoff worked at prestigious music venues 150 Jazz Club (Maksoud Hotel) and Projeto SP, producing national and international shows. In 1988, after obtaining his bachelors degree in Mass Communications from FAAP College, he relocates to New York and founds Artmosphere, Inc. to represent, promote and tour artists such as Gilberto Gil, Margareth Menezes and Bebel Gilberto. In 1994, Dranoff joins the pro-social multimedia production company Red Hot Organization, to co-produce the acclaimed AIDS benefit compilation Red Hot + Rio (Verve) and it’s companion Novabossa, as well as two subsequent projects Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon and Red Hot In Portugal(Movieplay).
BÉCO DRANOFF