Zero Pilnik

Zero Pilnik is an actor and screenwriter from Brazil, and living between Berlin and São Paulo. They are a graduate from the acting program at California Institute of the Arts. Zero's curriculum spans a wide range of projects, from performing in theaters such as Ballhaus Ost, Volksbühne, and Maxim Gorki, to roles in television and film productions such as Colônia (2021), Last Call Blue (2025), and Eldorado - Alles, was die Nazis hassen (2023). Zero authored several stage and screenplays, most of which they also performed in, including Matter (2023), Gasoline Queen (musical, 2022), and Brutes (TV Pilot, in development). They are the recipient of the 2017 Tim Disney Prize for Excellence in Storytelling Arts as well as multiple fellowships in recognition of their performance work.