Marcelo Caetano (director)
Marcelo Caetano (born 1982) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter,Boris Bastide, [https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2025/03/22/dans-le-viseur-de-marcelo-caetano-realisateur-de-baby-le-collectif-decline-en-tous-genres_6584663_3246.html "Dans le viseur de Marcelo Caetano, réalisateur de « Baby », le collectif décliné en tous genres"]. Le Monde, March 22, 2025. whose debut feature film Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) was released in 2017.Jay Weissberg, [https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/body-electric-rotterdam-film-review-1201979552/ "Film Review: ‘Body Electric’"]. Variety, February 11, 2017.
Career
Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, he moved to São Paulo in the early 2000s.[https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/462016/ "Poster and first clip for Cannes Critics' Week entry Baby"]. Cineuropa, May 13, 2024. He worked in film as a casting director, an assistant director and a contributing screenwriter on various films,Leo Barraclough, [https://variety.com/2024/film/global/marcelo-caetano-baby-cannes-1235992788/ "Marcelo Caetano’s ‘Baby’ Debuts Trailer Ahead of Cannes Premiere"]. Variety, May 6, 2024. and directed a number of short films, prior to Body Electric, which premiered in the Bright Future competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017.Andreas Wiseman, [https://www.screendaily.com/rotterdam/rotterdam-reveals-bright-future-selection/5112537.article "Rotterdam reveals Bright Future selection"]. Screen Daily, January 4, 2017.
His second feature film, Baby, premiered in the Critics Week program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.Elsa Keslassy, [https://variety.com/2024/film/global/cannes-critics-week-2024-lineup-1235970924/ "Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils 2024 Lineup"]. Variety, April 15, 2024.
Personal life
He is openly gay.
Filmography
- A Tal Guerreira - 2008
- Bailão - 2009
- By Your Side (Na Sua Companhia) - 2011
- Verona - 2013
- Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) - 2017
- Baby - 2024
References
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External links
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