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Leonardo Martinelli

Leonardo Martinelli

Director · Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Biography

Filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro. His film Neon Phantom won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival. His shorts have been selected at festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Montreal, Biarritz, Toulouse and others. He also holds a Master’s degree in Communication from PUC-Rio and is currently developing his first feature film, selected for the Locarno Residency and the Hubert Bals Fund.

Directed 8

2020s

  1. 2025
  2. 2023

    A Bird Called Memory

    Director

  3. 2021

    Neon Phantom

    Director

  4. 2020

    The Pleasure of Killing Bugs

    Director

2010s

  1. 2019

    Around Copacabana

    Director

  2. 2018

    Remember

    Director

  3. If The World Spinned Backwards

    Director

  4. 2017

    Life in Gray

    Director

Produced 9

2020s

  1. 2025

    Film Copacabana

    Producer

  2. 2023

    A Bird Called Memory

    Producer

  3. 2021

    Neon Phantom

    Producer

  4. 2020

    The Pleasure of Killing Bugs

    Producer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Around Copacabana

    Producer

  2. 2018

    Remember

    Producer

  3. If The World Spinned Backwards

    Producer

  4. 2017

    Life in Gray

    Producer

Wrote 8

2020s

  1. 2025
  2. 2023

    A Bird Called Memory

    Writer

  3. 2021

    Neon Phantom

    Writer

  4. 2020

    The Pleasure of Killing Bugs

    Writer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Around Copacabana

    Writer

  2. 2018

    Remember

    Writer

  3. If The World Spinned Backwards

    Writer

  4. 2017

    Life in Gray

    Writer

Camera 4

2020s

  1. 2020

    The Pleasure of Killing Bugs

    Director of Photography

2010s

  1. 2019

    Around Copacabana

    Director of Photography

  2. 2018

    Remember

    Director of Photography

  3. 2017

    Life in Gray

    Director of Photography

Acted in 1

2010s

  1. 2019

    Um Estranho no Escuro

    Movie

Art department 1

2020s

  1. 2020

    The Pleasure of Killing Bugs

    Production Design