Camila de Moraes

Camila de Moraes (born April 1988) is a Brazilian film director and journalist. Her career in journalism began after graduating from Centro Metodista do Sul in Brazil. She later graduated from the Federal University of Bahia, specialising in audio-visual, and left her career in journalism to become a film director. Moraes has since directed a number of films, including the feature-length documentary O Caso do Homem Errado (The Case of the Wrong Man) and the short film A Escrita do Seu Corpo.

Early life Camila de Moraes was born in April 1988 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul to actress Vera Lopes and poet, writer, journalist and screenwriter Paulo Ricardo de Moraes.

Career In 2016, Moraes directed A Escrita do Seu Corpo, a short film centred around gender and racial identity told through poetry.

Moraes also co-wrote and produced the documentary Mae de Gay, earning her two Golden Greyhounds at the Gramado Festival.

Moraes is the creator of the Cinema Negro em Acao (Black Film Festival in Action), a film festival that celebrates inclusion and diversity by representing films by black filmmakers.