Juliana Piacesi Spinola. Born in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Now based in Milan.
I graduated at the Sao Paulo University of Fine Arts in Graphic Design and began my career as a web/graphic designer working 7 years in a multinational company before beginning my photographer/filmmaker carrear as an assistant to great photographers in Sao Paulo and then as a freelancer.
As a photojournalist, my work have been published in vehicles such as the UN Media, The Guardian, New York Post, Das Magazin, The Oslo Times, Lonely Planet, Vice, The Telegraph, O Globo, Folha de Sao Paulo, among others.
I also work with architectural, interiors and corporate photos, videos, video editing and also graphic design.
In the beginning of 2017 I made a 80 minutes documentary film for the UNDP about a social project in Brazil that is called ‘#BXD – Baixada Nunca Se Rende’ (Baixada Never Gives Up). It was screened in many UN offices and also at UNHQ followed by a speech (me and the other director Christian Tragni). It has being selected in the Chelsea Film Festival and in the Sofia Biting Docs Film Festival.
In between july 2017 and march 2018 I was in India and there I developed some documentary stories which I’m now working on.
In past years I’ve worked as Production Director for 3 short films (“Zigurate”, “Contatos Infanto Siderais Antes do Colegial” and “Sem Sentidos”) and as a Art Director for 1 short film (“Pra Diretoria”).
My mother language is Portuguese and I also speak English, Spanish and Italian.
I also work at Cardamomo Studio.
Here’s a link to my graphic design portfolio and CV:
http://www.julianaspinola.com/graphic-design-portfolio/