Tomas Creus

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BIOGRAPHIE

Tomas Creus was born in Rosario, Argentina, but his family moved to Porto Alegre, Brazil when he was still a child, and he grew up there. He studied Communications at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and Film at the London Film School. His first professional short movie was "The Eight Sea" (O Oitavo Selo, Brazil, 1999), a film which won prizes in many festivals. He worked as a screenwriter, teacher and translator for many years. He lived in Los Angeles from 2008-1012 where he taught Brazilian Cinema at the UCLA. He also shot two short movies in Germany, the animation "Puppen" (2017) co-directed with Lavinia Chianello, and the current short "Magdalene" (2019). Besides his activities with film and animation, he also teaches and currently works with translation and lives for the moment in Montreal, Canada.

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