Director
Piero Sbragia
Born 1982 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Piero Sbragia is a journalist and documentary filmmaker. Directed "República das Saúvas" (2021), chosen by the jury as Best Short Film in Documentary at the 6th International Film Festival of Santos and official selection of Festival Estação Virtual - 35 Years of Brazilian Cinema, Unified Filmmakers Media Library and São Paulo International Short Film Festival - Curta Kinoforum, "Uma Bala" (2018), official selection of the 29th São Paulo International Short Film Festival and the 12th Film and Human Rights Exhibition, "Em Refúgio", a project made in partnership with the UN and exhibited at the 1st International Meeting on Migração e Refúgio and "Descobrir: Os Criadores de Saci" (2014), official selection of the 13th Children's Film Festival in Florianópolis, of the 1st Children's Film Festival of Porto Alegre and highlight of the 15th edition of the Festival Nacional do Saci in Botucatu. He wrote "Novas Fronteiras do Documentário: Entre a Factualidade e a Ficcionalidade", published by Chiado Books in 2020. He has a master's degree in Education, Art and History of Culture and a degree in Social Communication, with specialization in Journalism, from Universidade Mackenzie. He specialized in Documentary Cinema at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-SP) and the Center for Research and Documentation of Contemporary History of Brazil (CPDOC). He is currently the artistic director of the Second Stories Films production company, text and content editor for TV Globo and founder of the 3emCENA channel on YouTube. In his career, he worked for the three largest television stations in Brazil: Rede Globo, Rede Record and SBT. He also collaborated on audiovisual projects for Hospital das Clínicas, TV Cultura, Rural Channel, WorldSkills, TV Justiça and XP Educação. He was artistic director at eduK, an online learning platform that offers free courses. He has been a university professor since 2013, with classes taught at Mackenzie University, at the School of Communication at FIAM-FAAM Centro Universitário, at FATEC-SP and at the University of Santo Amaro. He was a finalist for the 2018 Professionals of Music Award in the "Best Music Video Director" category and win as Best Director for "República das Saúvas" in Roshani International Film Festival 2021.
