About
He is the director, screenwriter, and producer of the transmedia animation project Hacker Leonilia, which includes various formats such as feature film, short film, and web series. The web series version was selected by Rumos Itaú Cultural 2023-2024, and the other formats are sponsored by FAC-DF. He also worked as an executive producer on several projects, including the feature film “João Tomé – Memória e Vida” (co-produced by Fontele and selected by the Paulo Gustavo Law DF), the feature film/web series “Andorinhas” (an associated production of Fontele), the series and feature film “Antena da Raça” (Cannes Classics), and the feature film “No rastro das cargueiras” (Pierre Verger Award). Gustavo was awarded the Diaspora Prize at DiaLab for the project “Mulheres que bordam” and by DOT Cine for the animated series “Viagens de Nina” at Icumam Lab. He participated in events such as the 93rd Lisbon Book Fair, the Marché du Film at the Cannes Film Festival, the Venice Production Bridge at the Venice Film Festival, RIO2C, and CCXP. In the editorial field, he produced the comic book “Ritos de Passagem,” which was among the five nominees for the 2021 Jabuti Prize and won the 13th International Manga Award (Japan). Gustavo holds a degree in Cinema and Digital Media from IESB (Brasília-DF) and in Game Production from Saga/Axis (São Paulo-SP).
