Thiago is an award winning writer, director from Brazil. He started his film career writing and directing stage plays in his home country before launching his first short film “The Postman,” in 2007 at the age of 22. He has won numerous awards with “Chocolate”, Oscar’s qualified in 2018, a short film about the early onset of Alzheimer's and the homeless community in L.A. His latest project DUKE (about severe autism) was officially selected at the “Emerging Filmmaker Showcase” at CANNES 2019, Cleveland, Stage 32 contest (showing at HollyShorts, Raindance and Austin Film fest 2019) and many others.
Thiago just finished his first feature documentary film about Nancy Paulikas, diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimers and wandered off while visiting a museum in L.A., October 2016. "Where is Nancy?" had his premier at Cinequest 2020 and won the Best Documentary prize.