Leonardo Martinelli
Filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro. His film Neon Phantom won the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival. His shorts have been selected at festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Locarno, Toronto, San Sebastián, BFI London, Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, Montreal, Biarritz, Toulouse and others. He also holds a Master’s degree in Communication from PUC-Rio and is currently developing his first feature film, selected for the Locarno Residency and the Hubert Bals Fund.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Known for
- Neon Phantom (2021) — Director
- Samba Infinito (2025) — Director
- Around Copacabana (2019) — Director
- Life in Gray (2017) — Director
- If The World Spinned Backwards (2018) — Director
- Um Estranho no Escuro (2019)
- A Bird Called Memory (2023) — Director
- Remember (2018) — Director
- The Pleasure of Killing Bugs (2020) — Director
- Film Copacabana (2025) — Producer