João Rodrigo Mattos

João Rodrigo Mattos I Jão Rodrigo Mattos Producer, Screenwriter and Director. Brazilian, married, 46 years old. Education : Degree in Social Communication - Publicity and Advertising from Universidade Católica of Salvador, 1997. Specialization in Film and TV Production & Planning - Central St. Martins College of Arts / London, 2004. Screenwriter selected for the II Globosat Screenwriter Program / With Robert McKee. Rio de Janeiro, 2014. Resumed Bio : For 25 years he has worked in several genres of audiovisual productions between Brazil, Portugal, Spain and England (working as a AD, executive producer, screenwriter and director). He was A.D of portuguese legendary director Manoel de Oliveira, respected Finish filmmaker Mika Kaurismaki and Brazilian cult director Edgard Navarro, among others. Back in Brazil, in 2006 he founded DocDoma Filmes, in Salvador, with other partners In the same 2006 released "Agostinho da Silva - Um Pensamento Vivo" (A Living Thought, co-prod Portugal-Brazil) - in 100 portuguese cities - his first documentary feature film as a screenwriter and director. In 2010 Trampolim do Forte (Diving into the blue, co-prod Brazil-Germany), his first fiction feature film as a screenwriter and director, debuted at the Festival do Rio Premiére Brasil in Competition. In 2020, "Francisco just wants to play ball" (a.k.a Chico Bola), a kids live-action TV series (13x26'), where he has worked as a co-executive producer, co-writer and co-director, will be released at Rio2C 2020. Jão Rodrigo Mattos is one of the up and coming young screenwriters talents in Brazil. In 2020, two fiction features written by him will be shooted : "A Matriarca" by Lula Oliveira and "La Mamma" by Carina Bini. In addition to the children's series in 13 episodes "Francisco just wants to play ball" of which he is co-executive producer, co-creator and co-director. In the internet content segment, he is the creator/show runner of "CRIAturas"(Creatures), subversive talk show where two artists interview each other with total freedom, with only the theme given by the creator of the program as a guide