Thales Banzai started making VHS short films when he was 09yo in a small town south of Brazil, and with 15yo, he founded his production company, Banzai Studio, along with 03 other friends. He now lives in Sao Paulo, where he works directing and producing films, advertising, and music videos.

His works tend to bridge the gap between stylized commercials and more naturalistic documentaries, using the cinematic language to better explore each project for its specific needs.

Having already screened different projects among celebrated Brazilian festivals, such as Festival do Rio, Curta Cinema, Festival do Minuto, Curta-8; he has dedicated the past years to developing feature projects and collaborating with other writers and directors.

From 2020 onwards, his primary purpose is to focus on creating long-format fiction projects.