MIRDAD: A LIGHTHOUSE AND A HAVEN

I was born in 1972 in Brazil, and I have been interested in films since I was a teenager. My first job was at a video store when I was 14, and at that time I started to see movies realized by Carlos Saura, Fellini, John Huston, Antonioni, Kubrick, Billy Wilder, and other great directors, and even not having a full understanding of these movies I used to like them a lot.

My interest in the area kept growing, and when I was 18 (1991), I was admitted in the University of Sao Paulo’s Film School, which was the best in my native country, Brazil.

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I was born in 1972 in Brazil, and I have been interested in films since I was a teenager. My first job was at a video store when I was 14, and at that time I started to see movies realized by Carlos Saura, Fellini, John Huston, Antonioni, Kubrick, Billy Wilder, and other great directors, and even not having a full understanding of these movies I used to like them a lot.

My interest in the area kept growing, and when I was 18 (1991), I was admitted in the University of Sao Paulo’s Film School, which was the best in my native country, Brazil. Although I liked the course very much, due to some problems I had at the time I was forced to abandon it in the third year and returned to my home town.

Even though I have been working outside the movie scenario for almost 25 years, I must say I have always thought of coming back to the field that is the most important passion of my life.

During all these years I have seen several hundred films (and most of its extras), read books, listened to soundtracks, and many other activities related to cinema.

So, at the end of 2009, I started the journey of trying to make my dream come true.

Since then I’ve already read dozens of scripts, several books, website articles and forums about screenwriting; some books about filmmaking techniques, film editing, cinematography, and film directing. Therefore, I have been working in the script since January of 2010 and in the shot list since September of 2010. In other words, I have spent literally thousands of hours writing, rewriting, visualizing the scenes, meditating about several aspects of the script, considering the feedback received through many script contests, listening to the dialogues and possible soundtrack and so on, which I think gave me an excellent idea about how this movie should be done.

Another important fact is that I have been interested in spiritual matters since I was 19, which led me to read hundreds of books of several religions, and also to attend many years of courses and lectures about these issues and, more importantly, really having tried to change myself and my life according to these spiritual teachings, which I think was essential to make me ready to work in a project of this kind.

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