Malu De Martino

 Malu de Martino graduated in Communication and studied Production, Editing and Pos-Production of video in renowned academic centers of New York ( USA), like Global Village New School, Downtown Community Television Center, Young Filmmakers Video Arts and New School Tv Academy. Since then Malu has been dedicated to direction of documentaries for cinema and television, and also cultural and institutional videos.

Her movies “Ismael e Adalgisa” and “Sexualidades” were medium that got into commercial circuit. “Ismael e Adalgisa” was on theatres for six weeks and “Sexualidades”, for eight weeks.

2006 |

DVD "Cristina Mel e os Vegetais" – Musical to Line Records

2005/06 |

Full-length Film "Mulheres do Brasil" (35mm, 113 min)

Prizes :

2003 |

Malu De Martino directed the 30' film documentary "Sexualidades" (Sexualities) - featuring actress Giulia Gam.

2002 |

Malu de Martino directed the DVD " MPBR Meetings" - with several Brazilian Popular Music music stars.

2001 |

Medium lenght film "Ismael & Adalgisa" - Docufiction about the painter Ismael Nery and the writer, journalist e poetess Adalgisa Nery. With Christiane Torloni and Murilo Rosa. (35 mm, 33')



MAIN WORKS FROM 1990 TO 2000


 2000 | Vídeos

"Socinfo" Video about the Information Society for the Ministry of Science and Technology.
" Baía " - Documentary for the educational channel Futura about the Guanabara Bay.


 1999 | Vídeos

"Flávio de Carvalho-A Romantic Revolutionary" - documentary
" ADSHEL Wave Rio" - institutional
" From small things I make a big deal" - About the Government social project Education and Work from the Solidary Community Social Agency.

1998 | Vídeos

"The Energy Factory" - Institutional video for Government Nuclear Energy Agency INB;
"Athos Bulcão" (artist) - and "Mostra Internacional de Design" –for Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil and Centro Cultural São Paulo;
"Brazil 2020" - Institutional and teasers for the project " Brazil 2020 Thinking about the Future" ;
"Occupation and Discovery" about the artist Antonio Manuel for the Niterói city MAC (Museum of Contemporary Arts).


1997 | Vídeos

"Di Cavalcanti - 100 years" - for MAM RJ (Museum of Modern Arts Rio de Janeiro)


1995 | Vídeos

"Color, Paints and Action!" - documentary about the 100 years of cinema in Brazil.


 1993 | Vídeos

"Tomie Ohtake-New Paintings", "Erotic Art" and "Portraits and Self - Portraits in the Chateaubriand Collection", for the Museum of Modern Art in Rio.
" RIO TV" - One minute spots about Rio shown on American cable TVs.


1992 | Vídeos

"Independent Video Retrospective"- A five program series for TVE (Educational TV) and TV Cultura.


 1991 | Vídeos

"Turismo Ecológico" EMBRATUR (Brazilian Tourist Bureau).


MAIN WORKS FROM 1983 TO 1989


 1989/90/91 |

Direction and Editing of the weekly TV program "Sounds Brazilian" broadcasted on WNYC (NY), KSCI (LA), KCWA (Washington), International Cable, WLAE (New Orleans), ROBINS CABLE TV (CA), PHONOSCOPE Houston), SUMMIT CABLE (Seattle), CREATER MEDIA (Philadelphia), CABLE VISION (Boston), and others.


1989 | Vídeos

"Benção Bossa Nova" - videoclip with Leila Pinheiro and Roberto Menescal for the international market.
"Olerê Camará" - videoclip with Alcione for MTV International as a promo of "O Samba" by David Byrne, Award from the Latin Production Magazine.


1986 | Vídeoclips

Directing of several videoclips for the brazilian production company FACHA RTV, including "Envelheço na Cidade" by the brazilian band IRA award from the Bizz Magazine.


 1985 | Vídeo

"Tela S/ Tinta" To the 18a Bienal of São Paulo, about the "80´s Generation" (Art Movement of the 80's) .


1983/84 |

Assistant to Director Dominic Acolino at Mediasync Productions in NY. Camera assistant to Michael Schoom (NY).