Raphael Bittencourt

Director, Director of Photography, Producer and Screenwriter

Los Angeles, California

Member Since:
July 2018

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About Raphael

Raphael Bittencourt is a multi-awarded Brazilian Writer-Director-Producer. In his early days he worked as an Editor and Director of Photography and also collected awards in both roles. His work has been showcased and acclaimed by the critics in festivals around the world. The working knowledge in practically every department in the film production made him a director with a very unique style and approach and also a desired and frequent collaborator in other directors projects.

During four years Bittencourt was also a professor of Direction of Photography at The Digital Film program of Centro Europeu, a renowned film school in Brazil. A restless professional, artist and researcher, he has a Bachelors degree in Graphic Design (UFPR - 1996) and an MFA in Film-making (NYFA - 2016).

After 9+ years in Los Angeles, CA he moved to Atlanta, GA responding to an invite to teach at SCAD's Film and TV program. He continues involved in the development and production of film and TV projects.

Gender:
Male

Badges

Photos

Gold Remi Award for the short film BID, a multi-awarded proof of concept for a feature film.

Videos

Raphael Bittencourt - CINEMATOGRAPHY REEL 2022

Cinematogaphy/photography reel - Raphael Bittencourt - 2019

Director/Editor’s Reel - Raphael Bittencourt - 2017

Loglines

The Bid Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama ⋄ Crime Bernard, an American businessman in Brazil had to shoot one of his kids in order to save the rest of the family. Now he’ll go back for revenge and redemption.
Blood Budget: $0 - $100K | Drama After being hit by a car a man has to choose between dying on the scene or receiving an HVI contaminated transfusion that would save his life.
A Trunk Story Budget: $100K - $1M | Crime ⋄ Comedy Mary parks her car in a diner. On her way out to Las Vegas she mistakenly gets the wrong car and leaves with a long list of troubles in her trunk.

Credits

The Bid (2019)
Film (Action and Thriller) Producer-Director
Something Has to Die (2018)
Film (Music and Short) Producer-Director
Inverno na Omar Calçados (2018)
Film (Short) Producer-DP
UFC Embedded: Vlog Series (2017)
Television (Sport) Editor
I.C.E. CREAM (2017)
Film (Drama and Short) Stills Photographer
1 Chance (2017)
Film (Action and Short) Stills Photographer
X&Y (2017)
Film (Comedy and Short) 1st Assistant Director
Sim (2017)
Film (Drama and Short) Producer - Postproduction
Fosse: Recreated (2016)
Film (Documentary and Short) DP - Editor - Postproducer
Planeta Brasil (2016)
Television (News) Cinematographer
Valley Sensation (2016)
Film (Comedy and Short) Stills Photographer
Bid (2016)
Film (Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller and 1 More) Writer-Director-Producer
The Dress (2016)
Film (Drama and Short) Writer-Director-Producer
Hoje Jesus Não Vem (2016)
Film (Short, Crime and Drama) Producer
Hit On (2015)
Film (Drama and Short) 1st AC
Wasteland Walker (2015)
Film (Sci-Fi and Short) Gaffer - Stills Photographer
Best Job (2015)
Film (Comedy and Short) 1st AC
Dry (2015)
Film (Drama, Sci-Fi and Short) Writer-Director-Producer
Invisível (2015)
Film (Drama and Short) Producer - Postproduction - Editor
Reflected Drunk (2015)
Film (Short and Comedy) Producer
Desmemória (2014)
Film (Drama and Short) Producer - DP
Michele Multiplying (2014)
Film (Short) Writer-Director-Producer
Alegria (2014)
Film (Crime, Drama and Short) Producer - DP
Absent (2014)
Film (Drama and Short) Writer-Director-Producer
Noivos Em Apuros (2013)
Film (Romance) Writer - DP
As Coisas Belas da Vida (2013)
Film (Romance) Cinematographer
Insubordinação (2008)
Film (Action and Short) Writer-Director-Producer
Bloody Eyes
Film (Sci-Fi) Stills Photographer

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Awards

Best Shorts Competition - Award of Merit Cinematography for Fosse: Recreated
(2018)
Brazil International Film Festival - Best Short Film for BID
(2018)
WorldFest Houston - Gold Remi Award - Dramatic Original for BID
(2018)
Falcon International Film Festival - Critics Award for BID
(2018)
Festigious International Film Festival - Best Editing for BID
(2017)
Festigious International Film Festival - Honorable Mention Director for BID
(2017)
Festival Brasil Cinema Internacional - Honorable Mention Director for BID
(2017)
LA Shorts Awards - Gold Award Best Title Sequence for Fosse: Recreated
(2016)
LA Shorts Awards - Gold Award Best Editing for Fosse: Recreated
(2016)
Festival de Cinema Curta Pinhais - Best Script for Insubordinação
(2013)
Centro Europeu Film - Hors-Concours award for Insubordinação
(2010)