Thaís de Almeida Prado is a filmmaker, scriptwriter, multidisciplinary artist and actress. Thais' work permeates the interdisciplinary boundaries between cinema, and other arts, often in collaboration with other artists. Thais is one of the Talents of Projeto Paradiso, participated at TFL Next Comedy (Torino, Italy); Talents BA (Buenos Aires, Argentine), Panorama Lab (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Doc.Lisboa Arché Lab (Lisbon, Portugal), Series Lab (Sao Paulo, Brazil). At Arché, Thaís received the "Special Arché Jury Award, for the best project in writing and development stage" to "The Brazilwood Women", a film project that explores the desire on canvas. As part of "As Mulheres do Pau-Brasil’s" research Thaís directed the short-films “Empire” and “My Part”.
During the pandemic, Thais' participated in several Online projects with her audiovisual works. She was part of several artistic residences in different countries, making individual or collective creations, highlighting her performance in the Peter Greenaway's exhibition "Tulse Luper Suitcases". Thaís holds an MA in Film Studies (2014) and a BA in Theater Direction (2004), both at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Filmography: "Empire" (2023 - 4min); “My Part” (2022 – 7min); "With My Dog-Eyes" (2022 – 45min); "Aller/Retour" (2021 – 5 min); B - "There is something wrong with Charlie" (15min, 2021); "Will We All Be Cacti in the Future?" (2021 - 13min); "Threesome" (2020 - 5min); "Nowhere" (2020 - 71min); "About Watching – a witness-film in miniseries” (2015 - 103min); “Os Barcos” (The Boats, 2012 – 23min); “Exercice du Regarde” (2010 - 8min); “Passagens” (Passages, 2011 – 9min); “Disturbios no Vazio” (Noises in the Void, 2009 – 3min).