Meet our team

CEO / Director

Manoel Neto

Manoel Neto is a Brazilian director and writer. He is also the CEO of Criatura Films. His experience with movies and music videos is very extensive and has has been producing and directing content in Brazil and United States.

Producer

Giselle Claudino

Giselle Claudino is a TV host for over 20 years, 16 of them in Hollywood covering the most important events in the entertainment world including the Oscars, Grammys, Emmy, major film festivals and more.

Giselle Claudino is a TV host for over 20 years, 16 of them in Hollywood covering the most important events in the entertainment world including the Oscars, Grammys, Emmy, major film festivals and more. Throughout her career, Giselle stood out working for the Brazilian channels Band, Rede TV and Rede Record covering material from the Los Angeles California/ Las Vegas among other places in the United Estates making her internationally recognized . Since her arrival in Los Angeles in 2004 Giselle has always been on stage as the MC (master of ceremonies) of the most important events of the Brazilian community in California, such as Brazilian Carnivals, Miss Brazil contests, Brazilian Day, Summer Festivals and the great Brazilian shows brought to United Estates. Giselle also acts as a TV producer / showrunner and has always had a great passion for the fashion world since the time she hosted a TV show focused on the seasonal fashion shows in Brazil back in 2004.
Producer

Dani Luque

Daniela Luque is an executive producer who has worked in the entertainment industry around 20 years. Under his belt are great names of Brazilian television media such as Rede Globo, Record, Band and SBT.
In the past, she acted as an actress and model, participated in hundreds of advertising campaigns, health and beauty editorials magazines. She also has experience as a podcaster, TV and events host. She presented live programs on Rádio Metropolitana of São Paulo City, Brazil.

Daniela Luque is an executive producer who has worked in the entertainment industry around 20 years. Under his belt are great names of Brazilian television media such as Rede Globo, Record, Band and SBT.
In the past, she acted as an actress and model, participated in hundreds of advertising campaigns, health and beauty editorials magazines. She also has experience as a podcaster, TV and events host. She presented live programs on Rádio Metropolitana of São Paulo City, Brazil. She studied Script writer, journalism, production, Filmmaking and specialized in digital communication with an emphasis on digital marketing.
She also directed many shows, reaching more than 400 thousand people with her tours in Brazil and the season of Brazilian artist shows in the USA (Florida and Massachusetts), besides being one of the pioneers directing the web series of humor in 2010 in partnership with Microsoft platform.
She was responsible for the negotiation for Content Acquisition for Netflix Original in 2017. She was also producer Coordinator of that shooting on Santander Theater in Sao Paulo.
Daniela also has a lot of knowledge in image use rights, is extremely talented and has developed social and charity projects for 6 years.
Her last works were as producer and Host of the opening night at LABRFF - Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival in California where she lived for 2 1⁄2 years.
She produced Music Videos, short and feature films for Brazilians production in California as a freelancer and in Midas Music Company in Brazil as a producer coordinator.
She is currently one of the directors of BWIE - Brazilian Women in Entertainment, which
was founded to connect and explore possibilities that greatly impact women in the
entertainment industry. Through continuous actions, BWIE encourages the exchange of
experiences, empowerment, creation and consolidation of the presence of women in the
entertainment industry.
Business & Marketing Strategist

Rafael Maiolino

Rafael is a passionate and proud brazilian. His passion for the film industry began with his first training as an actor. After that he went for two Brazilian universities where he specialized in marketing and business. With extensive business experience he has worked for several large companies.

Marketing coordinator and business strategy consultant, with a 7 year and consolidated career. He has extensive experience in the field of e-commerce, digital marketing, media management, social media campaigns, Google Adwords and SEO, Facebook Ads and Organic, Google Analytics, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, Email Marketing and DSP's.

He is a dynamic person and easy interpersonal relationship, his main characteristics are the spirit of team and leadership. Always focusing on the growth objectives of the company!

He has worked in the retail segment online. For 3 years he lead one of the main direct sales channels in one of the main Start Ups of Brazilian wines.

Also he went through several companies such as: Bradesco Seguros, Bradesco Banco, América Móvil and Via Varejo working as a business strategy consultant. In these years he has been developing the digital transformation in several companies through digital marketing tools, which, together with management tools and technology platforms, are leading companies to the digital world in order to promote the improvement in user experience, self service, automation of processes, error reduction and process improvements!

Executive Producer

Carolina Camara

Carolina Brasil graduated from the University of Miami (MIU) in 2007. She participated in Miami Fashion Week with her own brand, where she drew attention as a new generation designer and since then her brand has become known in Florida for its innovative collections, establishing a good relationship with the local media. During 15 years Carolina was in charge of branding, marketing, and leading sales in Japan, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Greece and Brasil, creating campaigns and strategies for the Resort wear Line.
Carolina operates in the film industry with Product Placement connecting products directly with films, actors, influencers and foreign talents to American productions, aiming to bring actors and producers from other countries. Founder of the Crossing Networks where it facilitates the connection for several businesses, creating opportunities for attracting and investing in the film, venture and technology industries.

Carolina Brasil graduated from the University of Miami (MIU) in 2007. She participated in Miami Fashion Week with her own brand, where she drew attention as a new generation designer and since then her brand has become known in Florida for its innovative collections, establishing a good relationship with the local media. During 15 years Carolina was in charge of branding, marketing, and leading sales in Japan, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Greece and Brasil, creating campaigns and strategies for the Resort wear Line.
Carolina operates in the film industry with Product Placement connecting products directly with films, actors, influencers and foreign talents to American productions, aiming to bring actors and producers from other countries. Founder of the Crossing Networks where it facilitates the connection for several businesses, creating opportunities for attracting and investing in the film, venture and technology industries.
Producer

Bianca Dubeux

Bachelor in Communications in 2010, Bianca moved from Brazil to Los Angeles and has been working for Los Angeles media - writing and producing for NBC Latin America, TV Global International, Globo News, Band TV, The Hollywood News Reporter, Red Carpet Reporter and UFC broadcast. In Hollywood, as an independent film producer, she has worked in films such as Man Camp, Brazil My Love, Double Blind & Te Amo Shabbat Shalom. Passionate for documentaries and environmental subjects, she has worked in projects such as Child of Nature and Amazonian Ecocide. During the pandemic she decided to create new projects and adapt them to the reality we are living in. In 2020, she directed her first short, QuaranTeam, shot on Zoom and Smartphone, and produced the short film Windows to the World - AM to PM, where art, music, and poems unite brazilian women from all over the world during quarantine.

Bachelor in Communications in 2010, Bianca moved from Brazil to Los Angeles and has been working for Los Angeles media - writing and producing for NBC Latin America, TV Global International, Globo News, Band TV, The Hollywood News Reporter, Red Carpet Reporter and UFC broadcast. In Hollywood, as an independent film producer, she has worked in films such as Man Camp, Brazil My Love, Double Blind & Te Amo Shabbat Shalom. Passionate for documentaries and environmental subjects, she has worked in projects such as Child of Nature and Amazonian Ecocide. During the pandemic she decided to create new projects and adapt them to the reality we are living in. In 2020, she directed her first short, QuaranTeam, shot on Zoom and Smartphone, and produced the short film Windows to the World - AM to PM, where art, music, and poems unite brazilian women from all over the world during quarantine.
Writer & Producer

Ana Silvani

Ana started her professional life as a teacher for middle and high school. In 2001, she joined a storytelling group created by the university’s Literatório (a literary lab formed to develop and tell stories in places such as schools, hospitals, and orphanages).

Bachelor in Linguistics & Literature, followed by a specialization in Literature & Teaching, Ana started her professional life as a teacher for middle and high school. In 2001, she joined a storytelling group created by the university’s Literatório (a literary lab formed to develop and tell stories in places such as schools, hospitals, and orphanages). In 2006, Ana moved from Brazil to Los Angeles where she studied Film at Santa Monica College, and Entertainment (script development, producing, directing) at UCLA. In the U.S., she planned and executed the second phase of her career goals as a storyteller: becoming a writer and a producer.
In 2015, she co-produced the feature film Brazil My Love (USA - 2016), from the director Debora R. Totton, about the political and economic unrest of Brazil from 2012 to 2014, and the feeling of numbness coming from Brazilian artists expatriated in Los Angeles. A dozen festivals from all over the globe gave diverse audiences the chance to watch this beauty on the big screen.
In 2018, she wrote and produced a short called Double Blind (South Africa - 2019) about a hatred triangle between a child trafficker, a drug addict adoption father, and a foster kid, having a poker game as a backdrop. The movie had an exciting run in festivals like LABRFF, Pan African Film, and Moscow Shorts.
Since 2019, Ana has been working on the research and proposal for the documentary Pya – kindness is timeless (Brazil - 2021) about Project Alcântara, in the northern region of Brazil. Lately, she has been revising the script she wrote for a feature sci-fi to be shot in Brazil in 2021, while also developing her new short movie Three & Some (USA - 2021) about an unusual love triangle where the protagonist deals with mental health issues.
In 2021, Ana will publish a poetry book that has been resting on her drawer for way too long. What’s next? a novel that will take the reader on a historical and mythological journey in the near future of 2040 (reflecting upon the symbolic centenary of the Holocaust).
VFX Artist

Tati Leite

Tati Leite is a visual effects artist born in Brazil, currently splitting time between Los Angeles and Sao Paulo. Graduated in Computer Engineering from the State University of Campinas, she began her career in image processing and specialized in post-production.
Tati worked on a number of critically acclaimed films, including Captain Marvel, 'Ant-Man and the Wasp’, ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’, ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’ and Disney’s 'Christopher Robin’ among others.
As innovation is part of who she is, recently she has dedicated her attention to the most innovative area of Virtual Production. In the movies she worked on the photorealistic computer-animated remake of “The Lion King” Oscar nominated for best visual effects.
In addition to cinema, recently Tati Leite has stood out in the direction of outstanding projects such as CCXP's virtual production and MIS Da Vinci Virtual.

Tati Leite is a visual effects artist born in Brazil, currently splitting time between Los Angeles and Sao Paulo. Graduated in Computer Engineering from the State University of Campinas, she began her career in image processing and specialized in post-production.
Tati worked on a number of critically acclaimed films, including Captain Marvel, 'Ant-Man and the Wasp’, ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’, ‘Mission Impossible: Fallout’ and Disney’s 'Christopher Robin’ among others.
As innovation is part of who she is, recently she has dedicated her attention to the most innovative area of Virtual Production. In the movies she worked on the photorealistic computer-animated remake of “The Lion King” Oscar nominated for best visual effects.
In addition to cinema, recently Tati Leite has stood out in the direction of outstanding projects such as CCXP's virtual production and MIS Da Vinci Virtual.