Yuri Vieira

Yuri Vieira dos Santos was born on October 24th, 1971 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He studied at the University of Brasilia — where he attended a course in cinema taught by Nelson Pereira dos Santos — and, after two years being secretary of the writer Hilda Hilst (1930-2004), he works today as a screenwriter and video director. "The Academic Tragicomedy", his first book, was published in 1998. "Espelho" (Mirror) is his first short film as a director.

• A Tragicomédia Acadêmica - Contos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau

  • Editora Vertente
  • July 1998
  Authors: Yuri Vieira

  Livro com 19 contos satirizando todos os âmbitos da vida acadêmica.

• A Bacante da Boca do Lixo - E outros escritos da virada do milênio

  • Agbook
  • March 2010
  Authors: Yuri Vieira

  Coletânea de contos e crônicas.

• Inglês

  (Limited working proficiency)

• Espanhol

  (Native or bilingual proficiency)

• Francês

  (Elementary proficiency)

Websites:

• Personal Website
• Meus livros
• Company Website

Interests:

Books, literature, movies, filmmaking, screenwriting, arts, music, culture, politics, religion, philosophy, history, swimming, capoeira, trekking, mountain climbing, video games...

Groups and Associations:

Digestivo Cultural

• 
  Artes Cênicas - Teatro - Cinema - TV
• 
  Independent Filmmakers and Screenwriters
• 
  Screenwriting

Honors and Awards:

Best Direction in short film, III FestCine Goiânia - 2007.

"No Siesta, Fiesta!" Festival - short film invited - Tromsø, Norway, 2009.

Mostra "Verão Cinema e Outras Coisas" (PULGA) - short film invited - Costa da Caparica, Portugal, 2009.