"Don't get too cured. People who are too cured are boring. Everyone has a little bit of madness in them. I'm going to make a request: Live your imagination, because it is our deepest reality." - Nise da Silveira
Born in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Daniel Porto began his career in 2013 as a playwright for the play "O Pastor", which received the O Globo Indica seal that year. His foray into audiovisual began in 2019, when he served as Final Editor on the comedy for Television: Vai Que Cola, remaining in the role until 2022. He was also Final Editor of the fourth season of the Humoristic "A Vila", starring Paulo Gustavo and also shown on the Multishow channel. In 2023, he directed his first short film, "CHEMSEX", with an LGBT+ theme, which was selected for the fifteenth edition of the prestigious LGBT+ Film Festival Poland and screened in nine cinemas across the country. Porto is also the author of the script for the short film "Rotina", directed by Maria Maya, filmed in New York and currently circulating in festivals throughout the United States, having been highlighted at the Golden State Film Festival at the renowned TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood . In 2024, he received a nomination for the prestigious APCA Award in the category of best adapted dramaturgy, for his work "The Adventures of Pinocchio", an adaptation of Carlo Collodi's classic. Currently, Daniel Porto is involved in the production and direction of his first feature film, "A Miss", whose script was developed during the Varilux laboratory held by the European Conservatory of Audiovisual Writing in 2021.
Official Selection
THE MISS
Actrum International Film Fest (AIFF)
Madrid
2025
Official Selection
THE MISS
Omovies - International LGBT+ Questioning Film Festival
Napoli
2025
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
FACC* - Festival de Arte y Cine Contrasexual FACC* - Festival de Arte y Cine Contrasexual
Ciudad de México
2025
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Chicago
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
14 CINE VERSÁTIL- ASIA LGBTQ+
Buenos Aires
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
Everybody's Perfect
Geneva
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
image+nation. festival film LGBT2SQueer Montreal
Montreal
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
Free the Kitsch Athens Film Fest
Athens
2024
Winner Best Performances
CHEMSEX
LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles
2024
Winner Best LGBT Film
CHEMSEX
DIVERSITY Film Festival & Table Read Screenplays
Toronto
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
LGBT+ Film Festival Poland
Warsaw
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival
Dublin
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
18th FOR RAINBOW - Festival of Cinema and Culture of Sexual and Gender Diversity
Recife, Pernambuco
2024
Official Selection
CHEMSEX
DIGO Goiás Sexual and Gender Diversity Festival
Goiânia, Goiás
2024
College
Fluminense Federal University - UFF
History
20112016
College
British School of Arts and Technologies
Digital Marketing
20242026
Birth Date
January 31, 1992
Nickname
Porto
Birth City
São Gonçalo
Current City
Rio de Janeiro
Height
174cm
Gender
Male
Pronouns
He/Him
Ethnicity
Branco
Eye Color
Blue
"Don't get too cured. People who are too cured are boring. Everyone has a little bit of madness in them. I'm going to make a request: Live your imagination, because it is our deepest reality." - Nise da Silveira
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