Directing
Alexandre Moratto
Born
1988-01-01 (38)
Known for
Directing
Credits
8 titles
Alexandre Moratto is a Brazilian-American filmmaker. He is a Guggenheim, SFFILM Rainin, Film Independent, Gotham, Cine Qua Non Fellow, and Annenberg Foundation Fellow. He started his career as the assistant to director Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger). Moratto's debut feature film Socrates (2018) was produced by UNICEF and Ramin Bahrani on a budget of $20,000 with a cast and crew of teenagers from São Paulo's low-income communities. Distributed theatrically in the US, England, and Brazil, it played at over 60 film festivals and garnered recognition at the Independent Spirit Awards. Moratto's sophomore feature film, 7 Prisoners (2021), a Netflix Original, was produced by directors Ramin Bahr…
Known for
7.1An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.
7 Prisoners
2021
6.3After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
Socrates
2018
NRA portrait of the current state of Brazil in the context of ongoing political and civil unrest.
Our Brazil
2022
NRMatt Smith, an openly gay young man in conservative South Carolina, reflects on his first relationship with a man and the tragic end to their time together.
Nowhere to Be Found
2015
Behind the camera
7.1An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.
7 Prisoners
2021
7.1An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.
7 Prisoners
2021
7.1An impoverished teen seeking to escape the clutches of a human trafficker must weigh living up to his moral code against his struggle to survive.
7 Prisoners
2021
6.3After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
Socrates
2018
6.3After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
Socrates
2018
6.3After his mother's sudden death, Socrates, a 15-year-old living on the margins of São Paulo's coast, must survive on his own while coming to terms with his grief.
Socrates
2018
NRA portrait of the current state of Brazil in the context of ongoing political and civil unrest.
Our Brazil
2022
NRMatt Smith, an openly gay young man in conservative South Carolina, reflects on his first relationship with a man and the tragic end to their time together.
Nowhere to Be Found
2015