Lucas Acher
Directing
Lucas Acher is a Brazilian filmmaker based in São Paulo and recent graduate of NYU Tisch’s Graduate Film Program, where he was awarded the Martin Scorsese Young Filmmakers Scholarship. LASER-GATO (2026) premiered at Cannes in La Cinef, where it won the First Prize, and was made with the support of the Spike Lee Production Fund for thesis films. His second-year film, ONDE OS INSETOS SE ESCONDEM À NOITE, won Best Student International Short at the Palm Springs ShortFest. Lucas is also a Marcie Bloom Fellow and holds a Bachelors from FAAP in São Paulo, where he founded Balcão Filmes.
Known for
Behind the camera5
- 2026Laser-Cat Director, Writer, Editor
- 2024Where Insects Hide at Night Director, Writer, Editor
- 2022Night in Motion Assistant Director of Photography
- 2018Berço Esplêndido Director
- TBAPapai Noel Surtou Camera Production Assistant
Acting2
- 2024Quem se Importa as Xexéu
- 2020Um Bolo Para Os Inocentes