- Birthday
- 1987-08-27
- Place of Birth
- Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Josias Teófilo
DirectingBiography
Josias Saraiva Monteiro Teófilo (born August 27, 1987, in Recife, Brazil) is a Brazilian filmmaker, journalist, writer, photographer, and film director noted for his award-winning documentaries and cultural contributions. He gained recognition with his debut short film Quarteto Simbólico (2013), which was featured at over 30 national festivals and won Best Formation Documentary at Recife’s Festcine. In 2014, he published O Cinema Sonhado, an acclaimed essayistic biography on his grandfather Pedro Teófilo Batista, earning the Antônio de Brito Alves award. Teófilo’s feature The Garden of Afflict...