Breno Silveira(1964-2022)

Breno Silveira is a Brazilian film director with an outstanding career in movies, music videos, and television commercials. A partner of Conspiração Filmes, Breno has a degree in cinematography from École Louis-Lumière in Paris and began his career as director of photography, having signed the photography of more than ten feature films. His first feature, "Dois Filhos de Francisco" ("Two Sons of Francisco"), launched in 2005, stands as one of the biggest blockbusters of the past 25 years in Brazil, having reached a public of more than 5.3 million people in theaters, and was the Brazilian candidate for the Oscars that year. He has also directed "Era Uma Vez" ("Once Upon a Time in Rio"), 2008, selected for the Toronto International Film Festival; "À Beira do Caminho" ("Along the Way"), 2012, winner of 5 awards in the Cine PE Festival, including best film, best screenplay and best actor; "Gonzaga - de Pai pra Filho" ("Gonzaga"), 2012, winner of 5 Grand Awards of the Brazilian Cinema, including best film, best director and best actor. In 2016 Breno created and directed his first television series, "1 Contra Todos" ("One Against All"), the most seen Brazilian series on paid TV within Brazil, and second in ratings only to "The Walking Dead" on Fox channel. "1 Contra Todos" raised Fox's prime time audience in 74% and received an International Emmy® Awards nomination.

Following this achievement, the series is now on its third season and Fox is developing an international remake. Breno's latest work, "Entre Irmãs" ("The Seamstress"), 2017, a feature film and a short series on Rede Globo (Brazil's largest TV network), was the most successful show in Brazilian television in the past 20 years, having reached a public of more than 84 million people.