Paulo Morelli (Director)
Little is known about Paulo Morelli, a figure with a modest footprint in Director. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
Happily Ever After?
When the mysterious call girl Danny Bond comes on the scene, a crime of passion changes forever the lives of all involved. Who will the victim be? And the villain? After all, in a story so full of secrets and infidelity, who can get away with it to live happily ever after?
Release Date2015-01-26
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count10
Vote Count8
City of Men
The series is based on the award-winning Brazilian film City of God, which itself was nominated for Oscars in four categories, including Best Director for Fernando Meireles. Based on the story of two friends, Laranjinha and Acerola, who live adventurous and dangerous lives in a Rio de Janeiro slum, 'City of Men' brings into sharp relief the condition of children and adolescents in these areas, realistically yet with a dose of humor.
Release Date2002-10-15
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count7
Vote Count31
Malasartes
Release Date2017-12-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count3
Vote Count1
Raul Seixas: Let Me Sing
A tribute to Brazilian singer and composer Raul Seixas.
Release Date2025-06-26
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count8
Vote Count3
City of Men
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Release Date2007-08-31
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count284
VIPs
Marcelo leaves his family and moves to Mato Grosso do Sul, where he learns how to fly airplanes by himself watching the pilots. One day, he responds the call of a drug dealer and uses his boss' plane to help the man to transport his cargo. He is hired by the drug lord to work transporting drugs in his airplanes. When he is arrested by the Federal Police, he does not rat his gang and the leader of the cartel gives a large amount of money as a bonus and asks him to leave the gang since he is known by the police. Marcelo uses the money to promote a party in the Carnival of Recife pretending to be the son of the owner of the Gol (a Brazilian air flight company). He lures the high-society, including the television presenter Amaury Jr. Marcelo is arrested again and is sent to prison. During a rebellion, he uses his leadership to present the claims of the prisoners and help to control the situation.
Release Date2011-03-25
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count110
Viva Voz
Release Date2003-06-10
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count3
Pureza
"Pureza" tells a story of a mother, Pureza, who goes in search of her son, Abel, disappeared after leaving for the mining in the Amazon.
Release Date2022-05-19
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count19
Brasil 70 - A Saga do Tri
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Episode Count1
Malasartes e o Duelo com a Morte
Small-town trickster Pedro Malasartes has to face two great enemies: Próspero, who will do anything to impede such a lazy, cowardly person like Malasartes from dating his sister, Áurea; and Death incarnated, who wants to take a vacation after two thousand years collecting lives and intends on tricking Malasartes into assuming his tedious job.
Release Date2017-08-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count46
Between Us
A group of literature-loving friends bury letters to be opened 10 years later when they will confront the dreams of their youth with what the future has held in store for them.
Release Date2013-10-03
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count58
The Price of Peace
In 1894, with a coup d'état, President Floriano Peixoto closed down The National Congress, soon reinstated with co-religionaries in key positions. In the south of Brazil, the Maragatos revolutionaries would not come to terms with this. They rebelled and marched to Rio de Janeiro to join Admiral Saldanha's troops and depose the President in an episode known today as the Federalist Revolution. The rebels fought bloody battles with Floriano soldiers during the march. Idelfonso Corrêa is a quiet, reserved citizen of humble origin who becomes the Baron of Serro Azul. His mature demeanor makes him a choice for mediator between both groups. Midst negotiations and difficulties to safeguard the family and his protegés, the Baron expands his domains, starts a newspaper, a bank, and exports herva-mate. With the battle over, his form of address, Baron, becomes synonymous with traitors.
Release Date2003-08-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Vote Count1
Lápide
A husband and wife talk about buying a grave.
Release Date1997-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Marly Normal
An experimental documentary following the busy life of an office worker in São Paulo, Marly, and how he manages to have a personal life beyond that.
Release Date1983-06-01
DepartmentCrew
JobCinematography
Olhar Eletrônico
Reunion of four reportages made by production company "Olhar Eletrônico" between 1983 and 1986, in which an irreverent reporter, Ernesto Varela, a creation of actor/director Marcelo Tas, tackles some hot topics, such as money evasion in Brazil, gold-digging at Serra Pelada, the homeless in São Paulo and a love story spoof.
Release Date1986-06-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Do Outro Lado da Sua Casa
About the routine of those who live on the streets of São Paulo. Gilberto, a cardboard scavenger, becomes the video reporter and interviews other homeless people about poverty, exclusion, work and life.
Release Date1985-05-23
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Untitled Elza Soares Biopic
A biopic about star Elza Soares, considered one of the greatest samba singers ever and a symbol of the struggle against racism and women discrimination in Brazil.
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer