Biography

Born and raised on January of 1977, Aragão started shooting his films in Guarapari, a small town located in Espirito Santo, Brazil. His father was a magician as well as a cinema owner, he was created around the world of tricks and makeup.The snap of that could be his future came early. When he was seven he watched a documentary film about "The Empire strikes back". Everything he liked was there: movies and special effects, even though he hadn't had a glance about what that meant. It was the eighties, when "Evil Dead" was released, a cult classic film that ended up (un) doing his mind. Then he passed a period doing courses and workshops that made him think he was ready to make his own movies. He began in 1994, working as special make-up artist for the short film "The Legend of Proitner", followed by "Vampicide" (1996), another short film, nowadays obscure. His debut as a director happened in the theater, with the horror play "Mausoleum", playing from 2000-2003. Later on, he directed his own projects, with "Chupa Cabras", "Rotten Fish" and "Rotten Fish II", all short movies, and "Mud Zombies" (2008).
- IMDb mini biography by: Marcus Augusto Lamim

Born in the fishermen village of (Guarapari - Brasil) in 1977, Rodrigo Aragão began his international filmmaking career with the film Mangue Negro (2008) (aka Mud Zombies). Considered one of the main representatives of genre cinema in the country, has a Eco-terror trilogy, which is complete with the movies A Noite do Chupacabras (2011) (aka The Night of the Chupacabras) and Mar Negro (2013) (aka Black Sea), with this he was established himself as one of the main Special Effects Artist in Latin America. In 2015 brings his boldest proposal: As Fábulas Negras (aka The Black Fables), an anthology of myths and legends, where he shared the leadership with important names in Brazilian horror, among them José Mojjica Marins, the eternal Coffin Joe.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rodrigo Aragão