Daniel Pereira Florêncio is a Brazilian-born British film director, writer and producer.

Daniel Florêncio
BornBelo Horizonte Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationFilm producer, screenwriter, film director, film editor Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://www.imadeit-films.com/danielflorencio Edit this on Wikidata

Career beginnings

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Daniel Florêncio studied Radio and TV at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. After graduating in 2005, he moved to London to pursue a Master in Arts and Media at the University of Westminster.[1] After his Masters, he joined the BAFTA-winning BBC series The Secret Show[2] as an editor.,[3] and remained in the United Kingdom, where he still resides.

For Current TV, the now extinct TV channel from former American vice-president Al Gore, he produced and directed the short-documentary Gagged in Brazil in 2008. The film portrays the economic pressure and censorship exerted over the press by Brazilian presidential hopeful, and then governor of the state of Minas Gerais, Aécio Neves.[4][5][6] Through legal intimidation, the politician's team tried unsuccessfully to stop the film being broadcast,.[7][8][4]

Film career

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Awfully Deep (2010)

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In 2010, he wrote, directed and produced the short film Awfully Deep, the first acting job of Lino Facioli,[9] who went on to star as Robin Arryn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, and later as Dex on Netflix's Sex Education.[10] The film won an Honourable Mention at the Athens International Film Festival in Ohio, and the Audience Award at the ShortShorts Film Festival in Tokyo.[11][12][10] The film had a particular interest in France, being screened at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, at Utopiales in Nantes[13] and at the L'etrange Film Festival in Paris.[14] Later, it was broadcast on Canal+ on their show Mikrociné.[15] It was also a finalist of the World Bank Film 4 Climate Competition.[16]

Chasing Robert Barker (2015)

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In 2013, Florêncio and his now wife, Maria Nefeli Zygopoulou, launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to shoot their first feature-film, titled Chasing Robert Barker.[17][18] The script told the story of a paparazzo and was inspired by the documentary Tracking William: a Night with a Paparazzo,[19] that Florêncio produced for Current TV.[20] The campaign raised £50,000[10] and the film was produced through his production company I Made it Films,[21] in partnership with Iceland's Pegasus Pictures[22][23] (the Icelandic producer of Game of Thrones),[24] and was launched in 2015.[25] The following year the film received three nominations at the National Film Awards UK,[26] winning Best Action Film.[27][28][29][30][31][32] In 2016 the film was nominated for the Accession Award for Screenwriting at the East End Film Festival in London.[33][34]

In production

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Florêncio and Zygopoulou are currently developing a slate of projects and co-productions, including their next feature-film entitled In Arcadia.[35]

Filmography

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Key
Indicates a documentary Indicates a short film
List of films by Daniel Florencio[36]
Year Title Role Notes Awards and nominations
2005 A Brazilian Immigrant †‡ Director Video documentary short
2007 Tracking William: A Night with a Paparazzo Director TV movie, documentary
2008 The Battle for Rio Director TV special
2008 Gagged in Brazil †‡ Director
2010 Awfully Deep ‡ Director, screenplay Audience Award at the ShortShorts Film Festival in Tokyo (won), Athens International Film Festival (honorable mention)
2015 Chasing Robert Barker Director, screenplay, producer Feature-length film, crowdfunded "Best Action Film" at the National Film Awards UK (won), "Accession Award for Screenwriting" at the East End Film Festival (nominated)
TBD In Arcadia Director, screenplay, producer Feature-length film, in production

References

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  1. ^ Entretenimento, Portal Uai (2016-04-06). "Cineasta Daniel Florêncio vence o National Film Awards do Reino Unido com 'Chasing Robert Barker'". Portal Uai Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2016-06-08. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  2. ^ "BAFTA winners announced". Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  3. ^ "Daniel Florêncio - Director / Producer / Editor / Motion Graphic Designer". blueberry. 2017-11-14. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  4. ^ a b "Blame It On Aécio". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  5. ^ Nogueira, Kiko (2014-10-14). "O caso dos vídeos sobre Aécio Neves que estão sendo censurados no YouTube". Diário do Centro do Mundo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  6. ^ redacao. "Veja o que Aécio censurou!". Conversa Afiada (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  7. ^ "Brazil: Attempts to censor a documentary about censorship". Global Voices Advox. 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  8. ^ "O público e o privado". revista piauí. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  9. ^ "Conheça os atores brasileiros escalados para a 6ª temporada de 'Game of Thrones' - Emais". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  10. ^ a b c Entretenimento, Portal Uai (2014-06-13). "Cineasta mineiro Daniel Florêncio vence prêmio de melhor filme segundo audiência em festival no Japão". Portal Uai Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  11. ^ "Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia| Academy Awards® accredited festival | History 2014". www.shortshorts.org. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  12. ^ read, DailyShort Films·1 min (2020-04-12). "Watch "Awfully Deep": A Dystopian Short Film By Daniel Florencio". MysteryTribune. Retrieved 2022-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Utopiales, science-fiction et courts". Format Court (in French). 2010-10-31. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  14. ^ "L'Étrange Festival, le menu court". Format Court (in French). 2011-08-06. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  15. ^ Awfully Deep on Canal+, retrieved 2022-01-20
  16. ^ "Film4Climate Shortlist Announced". Connect4Climate. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  17. ^ Entretenimento, Portal Uai (2013-02-25). "Cineasta belorizontino premiado conta com ajuda brasileira para seu primeiro longa". Portal Uai Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  18. ^ TEMPO, O. (2013-04-08). "A geração do `faça você mesmo´". Magazine (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  19. ^ "Cineasta brasileiro em Londres lança longa sobre paparazzo atormentado - 31/08/2015 - Ilustrada". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  20. ^ Entretenimento, Portal Uai (2013-09-16). "Longa de cineasta belo-horizontino filmado em Londres ganha primeiras imagens de divulgação". Portal Uai Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  21. ^ AdoroCinema, Perseguindo Robert Barker : Elenco, atores, equipe técnica, produção (in Brazilian Portuguese), retrieved 2022-01-19
  22. ^ Macnab2015-10-06T12:58:00+01:00, Geoffrey. "Iceland's Pegasus reveals project slate". Screen. Retrieved 2022-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ "Brasileiro faz filme com vaquinha em Londres e disputa prêmio com 'Star Wars'". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  24. ^ "Film & TV Show Production Services in Iceland - Pegasus Pictures". Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  25. ^ "Movie Review - Chasing Robert Barker (2015)". Flickering Myth. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  26. ^ Tutton, Charlotte (2016-01-13). "National Film Awards 2016: Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren lead nominations". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  27. ^ "National Film Awards honor Hiddleston, Boyega, Mirren and Egerton". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  28. ^ "NFA Winners Alumni". National Film Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  29. ^ Conteúdo, Guilherme Sabota/Estadão (2016-04-01). "Chasing Robert Barker, de Daniel Florencio, é premiado na Inglaterra". JC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  30. ^ Entretenimento, Portal Uai (2016-04-01). "Filme de diretor mineiro vence 'Star Wars' e leva prêmio na Inglaterra". Portal Uai Entretenimento (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  31. ^ "Filme de diretor brasileiro supera 'Star Wars' e ganha prêmio na Inglaterra". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  32. ^ G1, Do; Paulo, em São (2016-04-01). "Diretor brasileiro vence melhor filme de ação no National Film Awards". Cinema (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-01-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ "Chasing Robert Barker". DMovies. 2016-06-19. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  34. ^ "Competition Line Up". East End Film Festival. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  35. ^ imadeit-films.com. "IN ARCADIA". I Made it Films Ltd. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  36. ^ "Daniel Florencio". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
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