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- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Yuri Alves is an award-winning, self-taught filmmaker born in Rio de Janeiro to Portuguese parents and raised in Newark, New Jersey. A cinema enthusiast from a young age, he created the first ever 9/11 documentary in high school, and has since directed internationally acclaimed short films and prime-time television.
His first American series, "RZR," received a prime-time Emmy nomination in 2024 and features David Bianchi, Danny Trejo, and Mena Suvari. His shorts, including the Emmy-winning "Grind," have screened at prestigious festivals like Cannes and Tribeca. Notably, "Emerge," a feature film trilogy with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, also won an Emmy and garnered acclaim on PBS.
Alves earned his bachelor's degree in Media Arts from New Jersey City University.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dreamplay Films
- Cinema defies time and space, it holds the universe captive inside the 4 corners that make up a frame. It's such a powerful art-form, it's interesting because it both tells the greatest lies while showing humanities most honest truths. The first time I held a camera in my hands I was struck by its power. Who knew, years later I"d still be looking through the viewfinder; searching, discovering, trying to see beyond in hopes of capturing the beauty in all things.
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