At the same time, I still produce independently under my previously aforementioned banner, Rhiza Films, with my business partner. But after building my resume with work experience in several productions like Steven Soderbergh’s “KIMI”, “Jurassic World: Dominion”, and Amazon’s “Daisy Jones & the Six”, I was able to get into the development side of the producing business, which is where I’m at now. Trying to find a job – especially as a non-US citizen – was not fun or easy. The first bump that I can think of is, clearly, graduating college smack dab in the middle of a global pandemic. It has definitely not been a smooth road, and I’m still going over or around a few bumps along the way. Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way? The last project I produced is an AFI DWW+ production, which is a female-led initiative supporting female directors, and was one of the most stressful yet additive experiences of my life so far. I now work in development as well as independently produce via my production company, Rhiza Films, together with my business partner and co-founder Gabriela Matarazzo – another very talented Brazilian filmmaker whom I’ve had the pleasure to work with (so much so that we’ve tied the knot and are now stuck with working together forever).
Instead, my big break came in the form of producing. As a bonafide control freak, I found myself gravitating towards producing and tossed aside my dreams of becoming an actor because, in moving to LA, I didn’t want to limit myself in a city where everyone is waiting for their big break. I learned in college that as a creative producer, you are pretty much the maestro, or puppet master, of the show in charge of making sure that 100 pages of script turns into a beautiful (and sellable) movie. Fast forward to a few years later, a couple of bad (and right) decisions, I ended up falling in love with being behind the camera even more than I did being in front of it. That, and the fact that I was named after my late uncle, who was a prolific Brazilian actor back in the day, convinced me that I should probably be pursuing something in the arts.
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I would consider it a success (although some might not), because I kept acting in these theatre productions for over five years, and over the course of those years, I also got to play a part in a very small TV movie. My parents enrolled me in a theatre course/production, where my older sister was already a member, in an effort to break me out of my shyness. When I was around 14 years old, I had my first taste of the so-called “seventh art”. If I were to be producing and working in development back in Brazil, I probably would feel boxed in, marginalized, and overlooked. Although we are in a historical moment in time for the business right now – where our writers and actors, those responsible for creating what we love, have to work a gig economy to simply be able to survive – I feel like my people are here. Now, living in LA, I clearly see that I was wrong. Looking back now, I realize how most of that mindset stemmed from the fear – that of others around me, of the community I was raised in, and my own – of not being able to provide for myself if I worked in this industry. I was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, and although I always had a penchant for the arts and for expressing my creativity in general, I never thought it would be a viable career for me growing up. That’s usually what happens when you come from a third-world country where the arts are severely underfunded in schools and higher education. I felt like a total fish out of water whereas many of my peers had already done short films, music videos, and mini projects, I had barely picked up a camera. When I finally did, I realized how unequipped I had been into thinking that I would be able to catch up to my peers. I first moved to the US to study Communications at Emerson College in Boston, even though I secretly knew I wanted to change my major to Film as soon as I had the chance. At the same time that it feels exactly just as long as I’ve been away from home, it also feels like much less. I’ve been living in the US for almost seven years now, which still shocks me to this day as I say it. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today? Hi Claudia, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today.
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