Otávio de Olliveira Fontes

Biography

Otávio de Olliveira Fontes (December 30, 1996) is a Brazilian director and screenwriter, as well as an actor and producer, born in Nova Iguaçu and raised in Nilópolis, in the Baixada Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro. He began making films at the age of 16, after starting out in theater, and built a multidisciplinary background that includes a Bachelor’s degree in Cultural Production, technical training in Multimedia, photography, and editing. Since his early independent work, he has developed a continuous body of films rooted in the Baixada Fluminense, including Joaquim, Sem Ar, Medéia, Nin…