Biography

Mauro D'Addio is a Brazilian screenwriter and director based in São Paulo city.

Creator, writer and director for "Franklin and Milena on the Quest for Science", a Max and Discovery Kids series (2024).

He was one of the creators and screenwriters of "Turma da Mônica - A Série" for Globoplay (2022).

"On Wheels", a coming-of-age drama and his feature film debut, it was awarded with the People's Choice Award for Favourite Feature Film on Tiff Kids 2017, Best Feature Film by the jury at Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Rio International Film Festival (Mostra Geração) and others. "On Wheels" (Sobre Rodas) a 2019 teatrical release, was exhibited on more than 20 countries, both on festivals, teatrical release, or sold to streaming, VOD, and others.

(2016) Released the short documentary "Kunumi, The Native Thunder", finalist Prix Jeunesse Munich 2016 (Germany), and won Best Youth Documentary Short at Divercine (Uruguay).

Mauro released the book "A Menina do Mar" (2015), based on his youth fiction short "Fish of the Day" (Brazil, 2010). Selected for São Paulo Short Film Festival and finalist on ComKids Prix Jeunesse Iberoamericano 2013.

(2012) Released the short stop-motion animation "Hill of Eternal War", exhibited on FICI (Brazil) and others.

Released the short documentary "Altiplano Pari" (2009), exhibited at the São Paulo Film Festival.

"Disorder" (Brazil, 2005) was his second professional fiction short, on competition at Gramado Film Festival, São Paulo Short Film Festival (Brazil, 2006), Hamburg Short Film Festival, Interfilm, Cologne Film Festival, Wiesbaden Film Festival (Germany, 2006), Caracas Short Film Festival (Venezuela, 2006), Siena Short Film Festival (Italy, 2006), Prague Short Film Festival (Czech Republic, 2006), Pushon International Fantastic Film Festival (South Korea, 2006) and got mention of honor for best short at Santa Maria da Feira Film Festival (Portugal, 2005) and won Best Cinematography at Vitória Film Festival (Brazil, 2005).

"Unveiled Mary" was his first professional fiction/ experimental short and won Revelation Prize at São Paulo Short Film Festival (Brazil, 2004), Best Experimental Short at Espinho Youth Festival (Portugal, 2004), was in completion on Hamburg Short Film Festival (Germany, 2004), Belgrade Short Film Festival (Serbia, 2004), Drama Short Film Festival (Greece, 2004) and others.

He has a bachelor degree on Cinema at FAAP (2003) and is working on Cinema and Television field for more than two decades.
- IMDb mini biography by: Mauro D'Addio