
Guilherme Fiúza Zenha
Directing
Biography
Guilherme Fiúza Zenha was a director and producer born in Minas Gerais, in 1968. He began his career in the cinema market in 1993, in the production area. Soon after, he worked as an assistant director alongside Helvécio Ratton in the film Uma von ar (2002). In 2003, he returned to executive production in the feature films After That Baile (2005), by Roberto Bomtempo and Baptism of Blood (2006), by Helvécio Ratton. He taught at ECITV (École d’ internet et de télévision) and at Centro Universitário UNA, in Belo Horizonte, on the Cinema and Audiovisual course. In 2006, together with Cris Azzi and Cristiano Abud, he founded the production company Abuzza Filmes. His first work as a feature film director was the film The Boy in the Mirror (2014), which won an Honorable Mention by the official jury at Cine PE 2014. He also directed the animation Chef Jack: The Adventurous Cook, released in 2023. He died in 2024 , victim of a heart attack.
Known For

Cosmo is an ordinary boy who would love to have a pet, but his building regulations do not allow it. Thus, he embarks on an intergalactic adventure in search of a creature with whom he can share his bunk bed and teach him to jump through flaming arcs.
Cosmo - The Cosmonaut

Chef Jack and his assistant Leonard will travel through the Culinary Islands to participate in the biggest gastronomic competition in the world and, thus, try to defeat their opponents.
Chef Jack: The Adventurous Cook

In São Paulo, in the late 1960s, the convent of the Dominican friars became a trench of resistance to the military dictatorship that governs Brazil. Moved by Christian ideals, frets Betto, Oswaldo, Fernando, Ivo and Tito came to support the guerrilla group Ação Libertadora Nacional, commanded by Carlos Marighella.
Baptism of Blood

What child has never dreamed of having a double, someone who would do all of the annoying things in his place? Seeing his reflection get out of the mirror into the real world, this dream comes true for the fearless boy Fernando. Odnanref, his double, presents himself as a solution to all his problems. Adaptation of a successful Brazilian novel written by Fernando Sabino.
The Boy in the Mirror

Dóris is a widow and keeps a small restaurant in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Two of her customers, the old friends Freitas and Otávio, fall in love with her, and start competing for her affection.
After That Party

Based on the true story of four friends who decide to install a communal pirate radio station called Rádio Favela in a shanty-town, to give voice to the outcasts' complaints.
Something in the Air

An obsessive photographer crazy for female feet; a man that projects himself on situations he sees on TV; a simple public officer that receives a proposal from a corrupt Judge; a slaughter in a marriage crisis and a broken heart secretary that dreams to get married. These five characters will have their lives changed from a hot weekend.
5 Frações de uma Quase História

An illegal transaction involving a criminal organization, two arrogant foreigners and a jerk taxi driver. By the streets of the South Zone in Rio de Janeiro, this strange mix of personalities and cultures turns out to have an unexpected and hilarious outcome.
Gone!!!

With script and direction by Pablo Villaça and starring the comedian Geraldo Magela, Morte Cega has as main character a failed filmmaker named Francis (Maurício Canguçu, producer and one of the main actors of the theatrical success "Believe, a Spirit Downloaded Me"). One night, Francis has a frightening dream about Magela, known throughout the country for playing the character O Ceguinho. Determined to make a short film based on this dream, Francis uses his producer friend, Martinho (Carlos Magno Ribeiro, who acted in Villaça's first short, A_ética), to get to the comedian. From then on, the meeting brings unexpected results for everyone involved.
Morte Cega

After the inauguration of a crematorium in the city, a widowed matriarch imposes her last wish on her children who, despite trying hard to fulfill their mother's request, face several obstacles and paradigms linked to family rituals.