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THIAGO SANTORO

VFX Supervisor | Lead VFX Compositor 
thiago.c.santoro@gmail.com

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EXPERIENCE

+21 years of experience in composition and VFX supervision of TV/Movie/Streamming productions delivering projects on schedule; on budget; and with accurate results. Experience leading productions with multicultural team members on high profile, multi-million dollar projects. I see myself as an artist with people, design, and technical skills who can work at the strategic level and all the way down. Solid knowledge in all production stages.

Quem sou
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OBJECTIVE

As a visual effects supervisor, I am committed to delivering maximum quality and agility, maintaining a relaxed, motivating, and stimulating environment with the entire team and partner areas.

SKILLS

  • Leadership profile: motivating, inspiring, and guiding the team, creating a positive, relaxed, and productive environment

  • Ability to make complex decisions; learn on the fly Strong interpersonal relationship skills

  • Crisis solver: analyzing, evaluating, and solving problems efficiently even under pressure and in challenging situations

  • Ability to delegate, develop, and direct others

  • Problem solver; critical thinker

  • Drive for results; fast-paced; self-motivated; self-starter

  • Desire to face new challenges

  • Experience with different formats, codecs, processes, workflows, and pipelines, local remote and hybrid.

EDUCATION

  • Technologist degree in Graphics Design (2007) Digital Animation and Illustration -  UVA - RJ, Brazil

  • Postgraduate Degree in Strategic Planning and Management of People - Uninter - RJ - Brazil (in progress)

CAREER EVOLUTION

Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flame Artist  (Intern)                  – (2008-2009)
Flame Artist   I                             –  (2009-2011)
Flame Artist  II                             –  (2011-2017)
Flame Artist III/ Lead Comp      – (2017-2022)
Lead Compositor/Coordinator  – (2022-2023)
VFX Producer and Supervisor    – (since 2023)

Globo is the largest commercial TV network in Latin America and the second largest in the world.
Most of the programming is produced in-house and broadcast to 200 countries with ~150 million daily viewers.
I’m responsible for many VFX productions at Globo including soap operas, telenovelas, movies, TV Series, TV ads, talk shows, delivering complex scenes with 2D and 3D elements in multiples outputs formats.


Graphic Designer (from 2004 to 2008)
Main duties involved design and development of visual solutions to address business and marketing requirements using printing press and digital media.

SOFTWARES

Advanced: Autodesk Flame, Adobe Photoshop, DaVinci Resolve, ShotGrid, Trello, Microsoft 365 (Excel, Forms, Planner, Teams, +Power Automate), Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Plus (basic/intermediate): Unit3D, Adobe (After Effects, Character Animator, Media Encoder, Lightroom, Bridge) and Resolume

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

2009

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Best Telenovela - "Caminho das Índias"
Globo - Brazil

2012

Best Telenovela - "O Astro"
Globo - Brazil

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BEST VFX- "Passport to Freedom" - Globo - Brazil

GOLD 2023

BEST VFX- "Mar do Sertão" - Globo - Brazil

GOLD 2022

FINALIST 2024

Streaming Entertainment “How to Be Carioca”

GOLD 2025

  Streaming Social Justice- "O Som e a Sílaba"

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NOMINEE

2013

Best Comedy Series - "Como Aproveitar o Fim do Mundo"
Globo - Brazil

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NOMINEE

2016

Best Comedy Series - "ZORRA"
Globo - Brazil

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NOMINEE

2021

Best Telenovela - "Amor de Mãe" - Globo - Brazil
Best Short-Form Series -"Diário de um Confinado"
Globo  Brazil

Best Telenovela- "Pantanal" - Globo - Brazil
Best Telenovela - "Cara e Coragem" - Globo - Brazil

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2023

NOMINEE

BRAZILIAN AWARDS

2009 Best Telenovela "A Favorita" - Globo

2010 Best Telenovela "Caminho das Índias" - Globo

2014 Best Telenovela "Amor à Vida" - Globo

2014 Best Comedy TV Series "Tapas & Beijos" - Globo

2019 Best Telenovela "O Outro Lado do Paraíso" - Globo

2019 Best Comedy TV Series "Zorra" - Globo

Press Trophy SBT - Brazil 

Engineering Award Rede Globo - Brazil

2011 Best Visual Effects "Tapas e Beijos" - TV Series

2012 Best Visual Effects "Gabriela" - Telenovela

Gramado Film Festival - Golden Kikito

2023 Best Film - "Mussum, o Filmis"
 

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Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Grande Otelo

2020 Best Comedy (Nominee) - "Minha Mãe é uma Peça 3"

Brazilian Best Revenue Film + R$ 180 millions

Second Most Watched Brazilian Movie (+11,5 millions viewers)

2024 Best Visual Effects (Nominee) - "Mussum, o Filmis"
 

THIAGO SANTORO

Rio de Janeiro Rj - Brazil

thiago.c.santoro@gmail.com

 

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