Biography

Born into a working-class family in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jorge Camarotti is an award-winning filmmaker. His most recent project Ousmane had its world premiere at TIFF 2021, followed by an international premiere at the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand film festival. Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles, City of God, joined Ousmane as executive producer and the film was acquired by the New Yorker Magazine for North American distribution. Ousmane has been screened in more than 60 festivals around the world so far. Variety and Hollywood Reporter magazines put Ousmane in their top ten best films list of 2022. The film was long-listed for the 2023 Oscars® and won more than 15 awards including two Academy® Awards Qualifying Festivals and a Vimeo Staff Pick Best of the Year award.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jorge Camarotti