From short films shot on VHS in the 90s; skate promos recorded on Mini-DV in the 2000s; to commercials choreographed with robot cameras today, Thales Banzai has fully immersed himself in directing and producing all types of creative projects.

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Between 2005-2010, he made his debut at Brazilian film festivals with his first experimental short films being selected for the ‘Festival do Minuto’, ‘Rio Short Film Festival’, ‘Curta-8’, among others. 

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Later, he directed the short documentary 'Two Women, Two Lives, One Fight' which was written by Emílio Domingos and intertwined the stories of singer Elza Soares and judoka Rafaela Silva, becoming the most viewed Brazilian Doc-Short on YouTube in November 2017. He was also an associate producer for the feature-length documentary 'Favela is Fashion’ by Emílio Domingos, which won the Rio Film Festival in 2019. In addition to working with major agencies and clients in the national and international advertising market, Thales has always kept his independent production active, whether in directing or producing documentaries, music videos, and short films that have been shown in national and international festivals and premiered on the Nowness channel.

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Besides ‘Tony Odyssey,' he is currently developing a coming-of-age feature film with Josefina Trotta; an international anthological suspense series with Murilo Hauser; and will release his first Graphic Novel titled ‘SELVA', in the first half of 2024. Nowadays, he lives in Los Angeles, with his heart in Brazil and ready to get his hands on creative projects that come his way!

Awarded at the Cannes Lions Award (2019) with "Bluesman" by Baco Exu do Blues, Kelson Succi is an actor, poet, playwright/screenwriter, and director, born in Complexo do Alemão (RJ). 

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Faced with a lack of opportunity, due to a lack of representation and a strong desire to lead a powerful, beautiful Black story, Kelson conceived, wrote, scripted, acted in, and directed the work "Cuidado com Neguin," a box office hit in two seasons in Rio de Janeiro (Casa Rio 2018/ Memorial Getúlio Vargas 2018) and was a highlight of "Dramaturgias 2" (2019) at Sesc Ipiranga in São Paulo.

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In 2017, he was an invited artist of People's Palace Projects to join the "Creative Lab" residency in London, developed in partnership with Queen Mary University Of London. Awarded as "Best Actor" at the Festival Saindo da Gaveta with the feature film "Selvagem" (Pietá Filmes - 2019), directed by Diego da Costa. In 2019, he was an invited artist at the Arte Core festival (MAM - RJ), where he performed "Isso Não É Uma Obra do Jackson Pollock," a performative installation in a car criticizing the tragedy of the 80 shots.

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He studied at Teatro O Tablado and Brecha. He worked on the series "Cinema de Enredo," directed by Luiz Antonio Pilar. Guest actor in "Filhos D Medea," directed by Marco André Nunes. He appeared in the series "Fim De Comédia." Guest actor in "Álbum em Família," directed by Daniel Belmonte. In 2020, he was invited to host the Brazilian music festival Coala Virtual.