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Leonardo Tovani

Director. Cinematographer. Screenwriter.
Film Editor.
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I'm a film director born in 1999 who lives in Osasco, São Paulo. Graduated in film directing from Academia Internacional de Cinema (AIC) and will take a course at the University of Southern California (USC) as a prize for having received the title of best Brazilian short film with "A Vida em Pauta" at the Festival Acadêmico de Cinema Universitário International. I have participated in a total of 22 works and cinematographic projects, being a director, screenwriter, director of photography, direct sound technician, editor, colorist, sound designer and among other functions that make up a cinema/audiovisual team.


GOALS:

Become a professional Film Director and Editor who makes short films, feature films and series projects; whether they are authorial, for national and international production companies, Streaming services and/or projects in a multinational company. 

To achieve these big goals, I focus on my independent productions. My next short-film production"THE MAGIC CITY OF OZ: THE MOVIE" is in development.



CONSTRUCTION e PROJECTS:

2023 - Project - CINE DIÁRIO | @tovani.cine.diario (Director);
2022- Short film - BARATA (Editor, sound designer and colorist);
2022 - Short film - A GRUTA QUE CHORA* (Co-director, co-editor and sound designer);
2022 - Experimental Short - 1934 DIAS DE AMOR* (Director);
2022 - Dramatic Atom - DEFINATION (Director);

2022 - Video - PLAY CARLINHOS BROWN (Editor, camera operator);
2022- Short film - CHRONICLES OF THE LAST OF US (Co-director, co-director of photography, Editor);
2021- Short film - STATICA (Editor, VFX, colorization, sound design and finalization);
2020 - Short Film - A VIDA EM PAUTA (Director, screenwriter, post-production and executive production);
2021 - Commercial short - CALL OF DUTY (Director, Cinematographer and Post-production);
2021 - Short film - ALGEMA MILITAR (Director of photography);
2019 - Experimental short film - A CONFLICT FILM (Co-director);
2021 - Short Film - NOISES (Director and Editor);
2021 - Short-minute - ABOUT LIVING (Director and Editor);
2022 - Essay short film FITA 0084: MINHA DEAR JADE (Director and Editor);
2020 - Short Film - ANOXIA (Making Of, still and2ndop. of camera);
2020 - Short-minute - NEW SUGARY CHURRO (Director and Director of photography);

2020 - Short-minute - GODS OF ROCK (Director and Director of photography);
2019 - Short Film - CAIXA-BLACK (Director, Director of Photography, Editor);

2019 - Short Film - TOOTH-BY-DENTE (Director, Director of Photography and Editor);
2020 - Filme Espaço - THE MAGIC CITY OF OZ (Director and Post-production);
2020 - Study Film - THE MAGIC CITY OF OZ - (TCC) (Director and Post-production);
2020 - Rehearsal film - CABELO Z (director);
2019- Band clip - DOCAOS (2ndassist. of camera);
2019 - Filmete - THE LIVE STATUE AT THE PAULISTA AVENUE (director);
2021 - Rereading exercise - CÉU DE SUELY (Co-director, Director of photography);
2021 - Dramatic Atom Exercise - A MAN WITHOUT A NAME (director);
2017 - Short Film - LOVE TAKE ME TO HELL (Director and Editor),




COMMERCIAL:

- 2022 - Publicity - Órigo, by Modernista production company (Intern in production assistance);
- Commercial OSASCO SOLDIERS (Director of Photography and Editor);
- Commercial TIMES IDIOMAS PRESENTATION SCHOOL (Producer);
- Commercial TIMES IDIOMAS INTERVIEW (Producer);
- Course BRUNA FERRARI (Direction, Production and Editing);
- Application video EMILLY MAQUIEL - SIEMENS (Director, Director of photography, Editor);
- Application video EMILLY MAQUIEL - RECKITT (Director, Director of photography, Editor);
- GoPro video - TUIDARA SCOUT GROUP CAMPING.



LANGUAGES:

- Native Portuguese
- Advanced English
- Spanish intermediary

awards

FACIUNI

Better

Film

2021

Best Film Award - FACIUNI

Director, screenwriter e Editor of A VIDA EM PAUTA.Academic International University Film Festival.  

Clapboard Golden Festival - Selected Independent film

Director and editor of the film RUÍDOS, produced in class at Academia Internacional de Cinema.

SUPER-OFF - Experimental Cinema

Selected to participate in a workshop on experimental cinema through film, given by big names in Brazilian cinema, Renato Coelho and Pryscilla Bettim.

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