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Yuri Sanada(I)

  • Producer
  • Writer
  • Director
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Brazilian Producer Yuri Sanada is a writer, director, producer, cinematographer, and TV host, with international awards including 2 Lumiére from the Hollywood Advanced Imaging Society. Navigator and explorer, he crossed oceans several times developing and executing scientific expeditions around the world. He was accepted as a Fellow Member of the exclusive Explorer Club. An NAUI Scuba Diving instructor, he began filming underwater in Japan, where he opened a Diving Operation from 1991 to 1994. Author of several books, with a literary award at the São Paulo Book Biennial in 2001. After living in other places in Europe, the Middle East, and the USA, for over a decade aboard sailboats, he returned to Brazil in 1995 to create the Production Company Aventuras Produções e Edições Educativas Ltda. Since then he has been producing TV and Streaming Series, feature films, and special expeditions executed on 6 continents, such as the first Brazilian IMAX film. An international speaker, and an environmental activist who created the Casa Orgânica and Earth Odyssey projects, he develops productions from his sustainable home and studio in Brazil. He has several projects under development on a variety of topics.
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    • Awards
      • 1 win total

    Known for

    First Around Africa (2012)
    First Around Africa
    • Producer
    • 2012
    Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea (2001)
    Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea
    • Producer
    • 2001
    Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo (2008)
    Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo
    • Producer
    • 2008
    Povos do Xingu (2019)
    Povos do Xingu
    Video
    • Producer
    • 2019

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Phoenicians Before Columbus
      • producer
      • Post-production
    • In Search of the Last Slave Ship
      • executive producer
      • Filming
      • TV Series



    • A Vida nas Bacias Hidrográficas (2021)
      A Vida nas Bacias Hidrográficas
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Povos do Xingu (2019)
      Povos do Xingu
      Video
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Família na Tribo (2018)
      Família na Tribo
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Amazon Adventure (2017)
      Amazon Adventure
      6.2
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Capitais Brasileiras (2014)
      Capitais Brasileiras
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Desafio Fenício (2012)
      Desafio Fenício
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Yuri Sanada in Profundo Scuba Diving (2012)
      Profundo Scuba Diving
      TV Series
      • producer (2012-)
      • 2012
    • First Around Africa (2012)
      First Around Africa
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Viver a Bordo - Liveaboard (2012)
      Viver a Bordo - Liveaboard
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2012–2013
    • Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo (2008)
      Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Nautimania (2014)
      Nautimania
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Ecossible - Ecossível (2004)
      Ecossible - Ecossível
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea (2001)
      Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea
      • producer
      • 2001
    • Rede de Aventuras (1998)
      Rede de Aventuras
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 1998–1999

    Writer



    • Phoenicians Before Columbus
      • writer
      • Post-production
    • In Search of the Last Slave Ship
      • Writer
      • Filming
      • TV Series
    • Cave of Bones: An Underground and Underwater Amazonian Adventure
      • Writer
      • Completed



    • O Imperador e o Rio (2022)
      O Imperador e o Rio
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • A Vida nas Bacias Hidrográficas (2021)
      A Vida nas Bacias Hidrográficas
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Povos do Xingu (2019)
      Povos do Xingu
      Video
      • writer
      • 2019
    • Família na Tribo (2018)
      Família na Tribo
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2018
    • Capitais Brasileiras (2014)
      Capitais Brasileiras
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Desafio Fenício (2012)
      Desafio Fenício
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2012
    • Yuri Sanada in Profundo Scuba Diving (2012)
      Profundo Scuba Diving
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • First Around Africa (2012)
      First Around Africa
      • writer
      • 2012
    • Viver a Bordo - Liveaboard (2012)
      Viver a Bordo - Liveaboard
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2012–2013
    • Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo (2008)
      Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo
      • Writer
      • 2008
    • Nautimania (2014)
      Nautimania
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Ecossible - Ecossível (2004)
      Ecossible - Ecossível
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2004
    • Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea (2001)
      Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea
      • writer
      • 2001
    • Rede de Aventuras (1998)
      Rede de Aventuras
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 1998–1999

    Director



    • Phoenicians Before Columbus
      • directed by
      • Post-production
    • In Search of the Last Slave Ship
      • Director
      • Filming
      • TV Series
    • Cave of Bones: An Underground and Underwater Amazonian Adventure
      • Director
      • Completed



    • O Imperador e o Rio (2022)
      O Imperador e o Rio
      • Director
      • 2022
    • A Vida nas Bacias Hidrográficas (2021)
      A Vida nas Bacias Hidrográficas
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2021
    • Povos do Xingu (2019)
      Povos do Xingu
      Video
      • directed by
      • 2019
    • Família na Tribo (2018)
      Família na Tribo
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2018
    • Capitais Brasileiras (2014)
      Capitais Brasileiras
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2014
    • Desafio Fenício (2012)
      Desafio Fenício
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2012
    • Yuri Sanada in Profundo Scuba Diving (2012)
      Profundo Scuba Diving
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2012
    • First Around Africa (2012)
      First Around Africa
      • directed by
      • 2012
    • Viver a Bordo - Liveaboard (2012)
      Viver a Bordo - Liveaboard
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2012–2013
    • Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo (2008)
      Mundo Nikkei - Os Brasileiros do Outro Lado do Mundo
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Nautimania (2014)
      Nautimania
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2014
    • Ecossible - Ecossível (2004)
      Ecossible - Ecossível
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2004
    • Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea (2001)
      Brasil Via Atlântico - Brazil 500 years celebrations at sea
      • directed by
      • 2001
    • Rede de Aventuras (1998)
      Rede de Aventuras
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 1998–1999

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