Directing
Paulo Menezes
Biography
Paulo Menezes is a Brazilian filmmaker currently studying directing at the DFFB. He has worked on various documentaries for the BBC and Al Jazeera in the UK. His film Lolo (2019), about gay kids navigating a heteronormative world, screened in more than 200 festivals around the world. His next short Pommes Paradies premiered at Filmfest Dresden and was selected by AG Kurzfilm as part of their Cannes catalog in 2021. His short It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live (2021) screened in many festivals including Uppsala, BFI Flare, and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg to name a few. At Filmfest Dresden the film took home the German Film Critics Award as well as the LUCA award in 2022.
Known For
Filmography
10 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Unknown Author
2026 · Movie
Director · Producer
Francisco Perdido
2024 · Movie
Colorist
Paradise Europe
2023 · Movie
Cast · Screenplay · Producer · Director
Editor Contra
2022 · Movie
Director of Photography · Colorist
Male Shorts: International V4
2022 · Movie
Himself · Director
When The Trees Come
2022 · Movie
Associate Producer
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
2021 · Movie
Himself · Director · Editor · Producer · Screenplay
The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek
2021 · Movie
Director
Lolo
2019 · Movie
Director · Writer · Executive Producer
Não Vai Ter Sangue
Date unknown · Movie
Director