Paulo Menezes
Known for
Directing
Biography
Paulo Menezes is a Brazilian filmmaker currently studying directing at the DFFB. He has worked on various documentaries for the BBC and Al Jazeera in the UK. His film Lolo (2019), about gay kids navigating a heteronormative world, screened in more than 200 festivals around the world. His next short Pommes Paradies premiered at Filmfest Dresden and was selected by AG Kurzfilm as part of their Cannes catalog in 2021. His short It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live (2021) screened in many festivals including Uppsala, BFI Flare, and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg to name a few. At Filmfest Dresden the film took home the German Film Critics Award as...
Best known work
Lolo
2019
The Male Gaze: Hide and Seek
2021
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Live
2021
Editor Contra
2022
Francisco Perdido
2024
Paradise Europe
2023
Male Shorts: International V4
2022
When The Trees Come
2022Não Vai Ter Sangue
Unknown Author
2026Filmography
TBA
Não Vai Ter SangueDirector
2026
Unknown AuthorDirector, Producer
2024
Francisco PerdidoColorist
2023
Paradise EuropeProducer, Screenplay, Director
2022
Editor ContraColorist, Director of Photography
2022
When The Trees ComeAssociate Producer
2022
Male Shorts: International V4as Himself, Director
2021
It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse, But the Situation in Which They Liveas Himself, Director, Editor, Screenplay, Producer
2021
The Male Gaze: Hide and SeekDirector
2019
LoloDirector, Writer, Executive Producer