Alexandre Moratto

Biography

Alexandre Moratto is a Brazilian-American filmmaker. He is a Guggenheim, SFFILM Rainin, Film Independent, Gotham, Cine Qua Non Fellow, and Annenberg Foundation Fellow. He started his career as the assistant to director Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger). Moratto's debut feature film Socrates (2018) was produced by UNICEF and Ramin Bahrani on a budget of $20,000 with a cast and crew of teenagers from São Paulo's low-income communities. Distributed theatrically in the US, England, and Brazil, it played at over 60 film festivals and garnered recognition at the Independent Spirit Awards. Moratto's sophomore feature film, 7 Prisoners (2021), a Netflix Original, was produced by directors Ramin Bahrani and Fernando Meirelles (City of God). It premiered at the Venice Film Festival to critical acclaim and had a limited theatrical run before debuting in the top 10 worldwide on Netflix and winning several prizes.