Marcelo Caetano
Marcelo Caetano (born 1982) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter, whose debut feature film Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) was released in 2017.
Marcelo Caetano
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- Name
- Marcelo Caetano
- Born
- 1982
- Birthplace
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Known for
- Body Electric (2017), Baby (2024)
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Marcelo Caetano (born 1982) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter, whose debut feature film Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) was released in 2017.
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Key facts
• Name — Marcelo Caetano • Born — 1982 • Birthplace — Belo Horizonte, Brazil • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 2000s–present • Known for — Body Electric (2017), Baby (2024)
Career
Career
Born and raised in Belo Horizonte, he moved to São Paulo in the early 2000s. He worked in film as a casting director, an assistant director and a contributing screenwriter on various films, and directed a number of short films, prior to Body Electric, which premiered in the Bright Future competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017. His second feature film, Baby, premiered in the Critics Week program at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Personal life
Personal life
He is openly gay.
Filmography
Filmography
• A Tal Guerreira - 2008 • Bailão - 2009 • By Your Side (Na Sua Companhia) - 2011 • Verona - 2013 • Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) - 2017 • Baby - 2024
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- 1.Dans le viseur de Marcelo Caetano, réalisateur de « Baby », le collectif décliné en tous genres. 2025-03-22.
- 2.www.alumni.usp.br.
- 3.EXCLUSIVE: Poster and first clip for Cannes Critics' Week entry Baby.
- 4.Academia Internacional de Cinema (AIC).
- 5.Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes.
- 6.Variety. 2017-02-07.
- 7.Screen.
- 8.Rolling Stone Brasil. 2024-05-22.
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