Dayse Barreto

Dayse Barreto

Director · Producer · Writer

Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

Biography

Dayse Barreto is a production designer, assistant art director and researcher from the city of Fortaleza, currently living in São Paulo. She acquired a degree in Cinema and New Media in 2012 from the University of Fortaleza. Dayse has taken part in the creative processes of Escola Pública de Audiovisual Vila das Artes. She has also worked at the Museum of Image and Sound of the state of Ceará, managing their collection with roles in preservation, diffusion, and research of the cinematic memory of the state of Ceará. In films, Dayse has signed as a production designer for the features “The Yellow Night” by Ramon Porto Mota; “Cabeça de Nêgo” by Déo Cardoso; and “Com os Punhos Cerrados” by Ricardo Pretti, Luiz Pretti, Guto Parente, and Pedro Diógenes. She has also worked as a production designer for two featured projects in the 32nd and 33rd Bienal de São Paulo: “Os Humores Artificiais” by Gabriel Abrantes; and “O Ensaio” by Copenhagen-based artist Tamar Guimarães. Dayse has worked in television as a production designer for the teen comedy “Lana&Carol”, by Natália Maia, Samuel Brasileiro, Luciana Vieira, and Michelline Helena; and for the television film “O Natal de Rita” by Ricardo Alves Jr. Dayse has worked in the art department of several other feature films such as “Praia do Futuro” by Karim Aïnouz; “A Torre” by Sérgio Borges; “A Sombra do Pai” and “O Animal Cordial”, both by Gabriela Amaral Almeida; and “Elon Não Acredita na Morte” by Ricardo Alves Jr. Dayse has further worked as an assistant art director in the television series “Aruanas” (a Globo Filmes and Maria Farinha coproduction) and “Exterminadores do Além” (a Warner Channel and Clube Filmes coproduction), now in its final production stages.

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Representative Works

The Blue Trail
The Blue Trail
6.9
/ Portuguese
Gugu's World
Gugu's World
7.0
/ Portuguese
Intergalactic Meeting
Intergalactic Meeting
4.7
/ Portuguese
Wild Beast
Wild Beast
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
The Yellow Night
The Yellow Night
4.9
/ Portuguese
A Bruddah's Mind
A Bruddah's Mind
7.2
/ Portuguese
The Intrusion
The Intrusion
5.0
/ Portuguese
The Grey House and the Green Mountains
The Grey House and the Green Mountains
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
7.0
/ Portuguese
La Nuit des Indiens Pumé
La Nuit des Indiens Pumé
No Rating Yet
/ French

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

The Blue Trail
2025Nominee

Career Highlight

The Blue Trail

Gugu's World
2026Nominee

Career Highlight

Gugu's World

Intergalactic Meeting
2022Nominee

Career Highlight

Intergalactic Meeting

Career Highlights

Wild Beast
2022Highlight

Career Highlight

Wild Beast

Alice no Mundo da Internet
2022Highlight

Career Highlight

Alice no Mundo da Internet