
Marão graduated from the UFRJ School of Fine Arts and is an animation director, having made fourteen short films and participated in more than three hundred animations for advertising, internet, TV and cinema. He was founding President of ABCA (Brazilian Association of Animation Cinema), professor on the postgraduate course in animation at PUC for seven years and since 2003 he has been one of the coordinators of International Animation Day and managing partner of the production company Marão Drawings Excited. His short films have been selected for 658 film festivals in more than forty countries and received 124 awards. Marão was honored at the 20th Anima Mundi and also received retrospectives at the Baixada Animada, Iguacine, Animanima (Serbia), ReAnimania (Armênia), Anima BR (Angola) and ANIMAGE (PE) festivals.
movieBizarre Fish from the Abyssal Zone
2024 · Avô (voice), Producer, Animation, Art Direction, Director, Screenplay
movieBunnies and Opossums
2022 · Animation Production Assistant
movieO Muro Era Muito Alto
2019 · Director
movieUnicorn
2017 · Animation
movieO Último Engolervilha II
2016 · Writer, Animation, Director
movieAté a China
2015 · Narrador, Animation, Screenplay, Director
movieBetween Frames: The Art of Brazilian Animation
2013 · Self
movieEngole ou Cospervilha?
2013 · Director, Writer, Animation
movieEngoleLogoUmaJacaEntão
2011 · Animation, Director, Writer
movieI Wish I Were a Monster
2009 · Director
movieO Anão que Virou Gigante
2008 · (Voice), Director, Writer, Animation
movieSeu Dente e Meu Bico
2006 · Director, Animation, Writer
movieEngoleDuasErvilhas
2006 · Animation, Writer, Director
moviePrimeiro Movimento
2006 · Animation
movieO Arroz Nunca Acaba
2005 · (Voice), Director, Writer, Animation
movieEngolervilha
2003 · Director
moviePelotas de Regurgitação
2000 · Director, Producer, Animation
movieChameleon Horn
2000 · Director, Writer, Editor
movieCebolas São Azuis
1997 · Director, Writer, Producer, Animation