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).
Best Horror Short-Film
B - There is Something Wrong With Charlie
Filmes Santos Film Fest
Santos
2023
Best Media-Lenght-Film
The Boats
Cine MuBE — Vitrine Independente
São Paulo
2013
Best Short-Film
The Boats
Festival de Cinema e Video de Vitória
Vitória, ES
2012
Best editing
T H R E E S O M E
Doc Sampa
São Paulo
Best Short-Film
T H R E E S O M E
Festival Tela Curta Cachoeiro
Cachoeiro Do Itapemirim, Espirito Santo
High School
Sao Paulo University
MA in Film Studies - Script
20122014
High School
Sao Paulo University
BA Theater Direction
19992004
Birth Date
March 15, 1981
Birth City
Belo Horizonte
Current City
Sao Paulo
Gender
Other
Ethnicity
Brazilian (italo-íbero-nativeamazonians)
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
pronoun: thais/she/thon/they/he
non-necessarily-binary, thanks.
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