Name: Teodoro Poppovic
Area of work: Directing, Screenwriting
Edition: 2020, 2025
City: São Sebastião
State: São Paulo
City of origin: São Paulo
E-mail: [email protected]
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/teo-poppovic-3075a735/
Teodoro is a screenwriter and director. With a degree in film, he began his career at MTV Brazil, where he was one of the writers responsible for the network's comedy programs, such as Comédia and 15 Minutos, both winners of the APCA award. Alongside Cao Hamburger and Primo Filmes, he created the show NO ESTRANHO PLANETA DOS SERES AUDIOVISUAIS and developed three more series: FAMÍLIA IMPERIAL, PEDRO E BIANCA, and QUE MONSTRO TE MORDEU? For these projects, he received international awards such as the Prix Jeunesse and the Emmy. In 2017, he premiered his first feature film, TRANSTORNADA OBSESSIVA COMPULSIVA, directed in partnership with Paulo Caruso and starring actress Tatá Werneck. The film was showcased at festivals like SXSW, PÖFF Tallinn, and the Transylvania Film Festival. In 2019, he launched his series Feras (MTV/Globoplay) as general director and screenwriter. As a screenwriter, Teodoro has worked with O2 Filmes, RT Features, Gaumont, Boutique, Gullane, and Conspiração, and created and wrote the series Destino SP/RJ (HBO), Segredos de Justiça (Globo), ROTA 66 (Globoplay), and NOBODY IS LOOKING (Netflix), which won the International Emmy for Comedy. He was also responsible for the series El Presidente (Amazon). In 2024, he released his second feature film as director and screenwriter, A VILÃ DAS NOVE, featuring Karine Teles, Camila Mardila, and Alice Wegmann, which premiered at the Rio Festival and is available on Disney Plus.
In 2020, Teodoro was awarded a fellowship to the Laboratório de Revision de Guión en Español of Cine Qua Non Lab in Mexico. In 2025, he received a fellowship for the Cine Qua Non Retreat residency.
