Name: Fernando Fraiha
Area of work: Directing, Screenwriting
Edition: 2022
City: São Paulo
State: São Paulo
E-mail: [email protected]
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-fraiha-a96bb697/
Director and producer, Fernando premiered his first feature film “El Revenge” on Rio’s International Film Festival of 2017. He won the “Jury’s Special Mention” on the Rencontres du Cinéma Sud-América of Marseille; the Best Director prize on the 20th edition of the Brooklyn Film Festival; and the audience’s Best Feature Film prize on the Festival Internazionale di Cinema Brasiliano. Fernando is the director and one of the creators of “Cultural Shock” which already has four seasons on YouTube and Rede Globo. He is also one of the directors and screenwriters of the Netflix series “Nobody’s Looking” which was won "Best Comedy" at the International Emmy of 2020. Besides being one of the founding partners of Biônica Filmes, Fernando has also produced international feature films like “Patti Cake$” by Geremy Jasper and “Wasp Network” by Olivie Assayas. In 2020, he shot his second feature film, “Welcome, Violeta!”, that will be released in 2022, and it’s based on the novel by Daniel Galera.
Fernando was awarded a fellowship to attend the Taller de Líneas Argumentales (Cine Qua Non Lab) in 2022.
