daraoliver
Professional Summary
CV
Award-winning Brazilian producer, director, writer, and researcher with experience across fiction and documentary filmmaking. Skilled in project development and delivery, directing, screenwriting, editing and audiovisual preservation. Work has been screened in Brazil, Portugal, Greece, Spain, and the UK. Experienced in leading projects from concept to completion, collaborating across multicultural environments, and creating content for digital platforms. Currently pursuing an MA in Film at Queen’s University Belfast to further develop professional practice within the UK screen industry.
Core Skills
Producing and Project Coordination
Directing and Screenwriting
Research and Development
Editing and Post-Production
Archival and Audiovisual Preservation Practices
Team Collaboration and Creative Communication
Digital Content Creation and Audience Engagement
Languages: Portuguese (Native), English (Fluent), French (Beginner)
Education
MA in Film (in progress) – Queen’s University Belfast, UK – Start: Sept 2025
Course representative 2025–2026
BA in Cinema & Audiovisual – State University of Paraná (Unespar), Brazil – 2020-2024
Dissertation: Highest grade with the historical research on cinemas in Piracicaba (countryside of Brazil), adapted into award-winning documentary 'Piracicaba Never Forgot’
Certifications and Professional Development
Bectu's Lifting Safely (2025)
The Safe Sets Starter Pack – Safe Elephant (2025)
Production Safety Passport – Mark Milsome Foundation (2025)
Assistant Directing – Hsu Chien (2023)
Instagram Marketing – Udemy (2021)
Cultural Project Management – Cíntia Maria de Almeida (2020)
Pixar in a Box – Storytelling & Imagineering (Khan Academy) (2020)
Production assistant - Various Productions | 2021 - Present
Experience in production assistance and production on +8 short films in Brazil and Belfast in the areas of casting, location scouting, and general production.
Assistant Director – Various Productions | 2021 - 2024
Managed logistics, schedules, and set coordination for 7+ short films, 2 documentaries, and 1 music video.
Volunteering
Riddel’s Warehouse (Hearth Historic Buildings Trust), Capture and editing of images for preservation purposes, Dez 2025 - Present
6 hours per week volunteering at Oxfam Fountain Street (Belfast), Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
Volunteering at the Belfast Film Festival 2025 for 3 days, 2025
E-book writing - Independent publishing |
2025 - 2026
Publication by Amazon of the book Directing Actors with Psychodrama
Writing of two e-books: The Unofficial Assistant Director's Manual and How to Make an OD Without Crying (Too Much) and their free online publication on daraoliver.com