Caio Gullane

Caio Gullane’s got his fingerprints all over Brazilian cinema, seriously—this guy doesn’t stop. He kicked things off back in '96, co-founding Gullane and hustling as a producer on a wild mix of local and international projects. We're talking deals in the US, Japan, India, Italy, Portugal, Argentina, Uruguay—the man basically needs a second passport. His movies keep popping up at the big festivals: Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Sundance. Not bad, right? The guy’s resume is stacked: “Carandiru” with Hector Babenco, “Que Horas Ela Volta?” (that’s “The Second Mother” for everyone outside Brazil), “Motel Destiny,” “The Traitor,” “The Year My Parents Went on Vacation” (Brazil’s pick for the Oscars one year), and “A Wolf at the Door.” All of them got some serious festival love. He’s a big deal behind the scenes too—one of the founders of the Brazilian Academy of Cinema, voting member for the International Emmys since 2018, and he’s on the Platino Awards jury. The man knows his stuff, blending creativity with some hard-nosed business sense. Lately, he’s been dropping features like it’s nothing: “A Metade de Nós,” “Ninguém Sai Vivo Daqui,” “Motel Destiny,” and “Noah’s Ark,” which, by the way, is apparently Brazil’s biggest animation ever and already sold to 70+ countries before hitting theaters. He’s got more coming in 2025: “Os Enforcados,” “Bituca” (about Milton Nascimento), and “Família de Sorte.” And he doesn’t just do movies—TV, streaming, Emmy-winning hits like “Nobody’s Looking,” Netflix’s “Sintonia,” and the 2024 “Senna” series. The guy’s everywhere, honestly.