Leonardo Martinelli
Directing
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.
Known for
Behind the camera9
- 2025Film Copacabana Producer
- 2025Samba Infinito Director, Writer, Producer
- 2023A Bird Called Memory Director, Producer, Writer
- 2021Neon Phantom Director, Producer, Writer
- 2020The Pleasure of Killing Bugs Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Production Design, Writer
- 2019Around Copacabana Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
- 2018Remember Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
- 2018If The World Spinned Backwards Director, Producer, Writer
- 2017Life in Gray Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography