Murilo Barbosa Simões

Murilo Barbosa Simões

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Biography

Bachelor in Social Sciences at Unicamp (State University of Campinas) and in Cinema at UFF (Federal Fluminense University). Works as Director in short-length films, Assistant Director in feature films, Editor and Movie Critic. Director of the horror short-length films “Sand Boy” (2022), sponsored by Edital Lab Curta 2021 and “Let the Sun” (2019), released in Cinematéque of MAM (Modern Art Museum) and in Sundown Film Fest, in Germany. As a film critic for "Ganga Bruta” magazine, he covered the 21st and 22nd editions of the Tiradentes Film Festival. Simões was also the curator of the Film Club “Película Livre” in Campinas, São Paulo.

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Representative Works

Prisma
Prisma
10.0
/ Portuguese
Colors
Colors
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Moon Party
Moon Party
No Rating Yet
/ XX
In Limbo
In Limbo
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Love
Love
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Paranoia
Paranoia
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
The Midnight Threshold
The Midnight Threshold
8.0
/ Portuguese
Colors+:: Terezinha
Colors+:: Terezinha
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Let the Sun
Let the Sun
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Color of My Father
Color of My Father
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese
Echoes
Echoes
5.0
/ Portuguese
Menino de Areia
Menino de Areia
No Rating Yet
/ Portuguese

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Prisma
2018Winner

Best Director

Prisma

Colors
2013Nominee

Best Performance

Colors

Moon Party
2018Nominee

Best Performance

Moon Party

Career Highlights

In Limbo
2016Highlight

Best Performance

In Limbo

Love
2018Highlight

Best Director

Love

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