Marcus Veras de Faria is a journalist, screenwriter, photographer and author.
He won the Guimarães Rosa Literature Award in 1986 with his volume of stories “A Cidade Arde” (The City Burns), from Editora Mileto. He has published three novels: “Só Para Homens” (For Men Only), from Editora Coringa, 2013; “Qualquer Maneira de Amar” (Any Way to Love), from Editora Ponteio, 2014; and “Os Últimos Dias em Preto e Branco” (The Last Days in Black and White), by Editora Ponteio, 2018.
He has been published in many of Rio de Janeiro’s mainstream journalistic publications (Bloch Editores, Jornal do Brasil, TV Globo, TV Manchete, TVE), in addition to being published in alternative publications (Rádice, Flagrante, Correio da Manha).
In film, he wrote and directed the short films “Las Minas de Potosí” (The Mines of Potosí), which won honorable mention for screenwriting and editing at the Girona Film Festival in Spain in 2002; “Ciranda do Mar” (Enigma of the Sea) which was shown at the São Sebastian Ecological Film Festival (ECocine III) in 2003; “A Lira Feminina” (The Feminine Lyre), about six Brazilian musicians, shown at the Jornada Internacional de Cinema da Bahia in 2003 and at the Havana Film Festival in 2004. He directed and edited (with Elias Fajardo) the short film about flautist “Odete Ernst Dias: de Paris a Ibitipoca” (Odete Ernst Dias: from Paris to Ibitipoca) in 2005. In 2020 he released the novel “O Patuá de Oxum” (The Talisman of Oxum), an homage to two classic films that were important in his development as an author and screenwriter: “A Via Láctea” (The Milky Way), by Luís Buñuel; and “O Amuleto de Ogum” (The Amulet of Ogum), by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. The novel tells the story of a racial conflict that begins in a poor community dominated by drug-related organized crime in Rio de Janeiro; reaching its culmination in Chapada Diamantina, a mountainous region of the state of Bahia in the northeast of Brazil, with the rendition of the two main characters, Jeferson, who is white and Baldwin, who is black.
In 2021, he wrote the film adaptation for “O Patuá de Oxum” (The Talisman of Oxum), which at this time is in the developmental phase.
!n 2021, his short film "The Path of Light" was awarded with Best Cinematography at the Black and White Festival.
  • Director (3 Credits)
    Ocean Ladies2023
    Animation
    The Flying Granddaughter2022
    Experimental, Short
    Where's Lucia?2022
    Short
  • Writer (2 Credits)
    The Flying Granddaughter2022
    Experimental, Short
    Where's Lucia?2022
    Short
Birth Date
September 4, 1951
Nickname
Marcus Veras
Birth City
Rio de Janeiro
Current City
Rio de Janeiro
Gender
Male
Zodiac Sign
Virgo
Marcus Veras de Faria is a journalist, screenwriter, photographer and author.
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