Marão

Biography

Marão graduated from the UFRJ School of Fine Arts and is an animation director, having made fourteen short films and participated in more than three hundred animations for advertising, internet, TV and cinema. He was founding President of ABCA (Brazilian Association of Animation Cinema), professor on the postgraduate course in animation at PUC for seven years and since 2003 he has been one of the coordinators of International Animation Day and managing partner of the production company Marão Drawings Excited. His short films have been selected for 658 film festivals in more than forty countries and received 124 awards. Marão was honored at the 20th Anima Mundi and also received retrospectives at the Baixada Animada, Iguacine, Animanima (Serbia), ReAnimania (Armênia), Anima BR (Angola) and ANIMAGE (PE) festivals.

Directed

1. Chameleon Horn (2000) — Director
2. Cebolas São Azuis (1997) — Director
3. I Wish I Were a Monster (2009) — Director
4. Engole ou Cospervilha? (2013) — Director
5. Até a China (2015) — Director
6. Bizarre Fish from the Abyssal Zone (2024) — Director
7. O Anão que Virou Gigante (2008) — Director
8. O Arroz Nunca Acaba (2005) — Director
9. Pelotas de Regurgitação (2000) — Director
10. EngoleDuasErvilhas (2006) — Director
11. Seu Dente e Meu Bico (2006) — Director
12. EngoleLogoUmaJacaEntão (2011) — Director
13. O Último Engolervilha II (2016) — Director
14. Engolervilha (2003) — Director
15. O Muro Era Muito Alto (2019) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Between Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation (2013) — Self
2. Bizarre Fish from the Abyssal Zone (2024) — Avô (voice)
3. Até a China (2015) — Narrador
4. O Arroz Nunca Acaba (2005) — (Voice)
5. O Anão que Virou Gigante (2008) — (Voice)