Cris Lyra
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Cris Lyra is a filmmaker and cinematographer based in São Paulo, Brazil.
She has worked as a cinematographer on short films, TV series, and four feature films: Chão (Landless) by Camila Freitas, which premiered at the 69th Berlinale (2019); Lembro Mais Dos Corvos (I Remember the Crows) by Gustavo Vinagre, winner of Best Film at the 40th Cinéma du Réel (2018) and IndieLisboa (2018); and Para'I by Vinicius Toro, screened at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (2018), FICG (Guadalajara), and Cartagena (in competition).
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In 2015, she directed Um Homem Satisfeito (A Happy Man) with Bruno Cucio. Quebramar (2019) is her second short film; it won awards at festivals in Brazil and abroad, including Best Documentary at Clermont-Ferrand in 2020.
Known for
Breakwater
January 15, 2019
A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here
October 6, 2021
I Remember the Crows
May 5, 2018
Who Killed Eloá?
September 3, 2015
Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
February 17, 2022
Cidade; Campo
August 29, 2024
Landless
February 10, 2019
Para'í
June 12, 2018
Like the First Time
December 22, 2022
Abominável
December 1, 2021
Hear Me
November 12, 2020
Alice dos Anjos
December 8, 2021
Behind the camera18
- 2026The Gentle Ghosts Director of Photography
- 2024Senhoritas Director of Photography
- 2024Cidade; Campo Director of Photography
- 2022Like the First Time Director
- 2022Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter Director of Photography
- 2021Alice dos Anjos Director of Photography
- 2021Abominável Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director
- 2021A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here Director of Photography
- 2020Hear Me Writer, Producer, Director
- 2019