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Film Director +
Creative Director

I’M THIAGO ZANATO, A BRAZILIAN DIRECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHER, AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR BASED IN LOS ANGELES. I WORK ACROSS NARRATIVE FILM, DOCUMENTARIES, AND COMMERCIALS — BRINGING A CINEMATIC, CULTURALLY-DRIVEN APPROACH TO EVERY PROJECT. MY WORK EXPLORES THEMES OF IDENTITY, BELONGING, AND OVERLOOKED NARRATIVES, ALWAYS AIMING TO CHALLENGE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AND OURSELVES.

PUMA: HACKED

CAMPAIGN 2019

Role: Director

Shot in Germany, Spain and UK.

I had the pleasure to direct a series of films for PUMA Football, with some of the greatest soccer players around: Marco Reus, Antoine Griezmann, Luis Suárez, Sergio Aguero and Romelu Lukaku. The campaign promoted their new HACKED line of boots and the films highlighted the glitchy texture on the boots, that spreads around the scenes to create crazy effects and weird situations involving each player.

 
 

ME PASÉ

(MUSIC VIDEO)
(TIME 3 min) (USA) R- 2022
Twin Palms X Jenn Morel

Role: Director

 

ENTRE LAS NUBES

(MUSIC VIDEO)
(TIME 3 min) (USA) R- 2021
Noel Schajris x Guaynaa

Role: Director

 

HOLD ME NOW

(MUSIC VIDEO)
(TIME 5 min) (USA) R- 2024
Ornament & Crime

Role: Director

 

JetBlue Brazil: They’re Up There

CAMPAIGN

Film | Advertising | Brazil
Agency: DENTSU

JetBlue Brazil (also knows as "Azul") is the airline with the largest number of female pilots in the country but they think that is still not enough. So for women's history month, they wanted to inspire future generations to become pilots, specially the girls. For the whole month or March, children were encouraged to visit the cockpit of their airliners.

Role: Director

 
 

TRANQUILO

MUSIC VIDEO

Artist: Twin Palms feat. Kat Dahlia and Demarco.
3 min | USA | 2021

Role: Director

“Everyone, deep in their hearts, is waiting for the end of the world to come.” - Murakami

 

ANTONELLA

(MUSIC VIDEO)
(TIME 3 min) (USA) R- 2021
A Los Olivos Records Release
© Roberto Eduardo Hale (BMI)
and Juan de Dios Martín (ASCAP)

Role: Director

ḍākinī (Sanskrit: डाकिनी; Tibetan: མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་, Wyliemkha' 'gro maTHLkhandromaMongolian: хандарма; Chinese: 空行母; pinyinkōngxíngmǔlit. 'sky-going mother'; alternatively 荼枳尼, pinyintúzhǐní; 荼吉尼, pinyintújíní; or 吒枳尼, pinyinzhāzhǐníJapanese: 荼枳尼 / 吒枳尼 / 荼吉尼, dakini) is a type of female spirit or demon in Hinduism and Buddhism.

The 'ḍākinī' (also wisdom ḍākinī) can refer to both a fierce-looking female embodiments of enlightened energy and to human women with a certain amount of spiritual development.

 
 

MASTERCARD: ANNA+LIU’FAN

3” Mini-doc | Advertising

Role: Director

Mastercard produced a series of videos around the world to promote their League of Legends partnership and Anna was chosen to represent Brazil. This mini-doc features Anna’s inspiring story about how she created Liu’Fan, a character that represents many of her struggles - and also how she overcame them to become a true artist.

 
 

SMIRNOFF ICE: GREEN APPLE

CAMPAIGN

Film | Advertising | Brazil
Agency: JWT
Role: Director

This is a series of 3 15" TV spots for the launch
of Smirnoff Ice Green Apple in Brazil.