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Claudio Szynkier

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Birthplace:
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Biography from TheMovieDB

Brazilian musician, composer, visual artist and filmmaker born in central São Paulo. Has acclaimed music works under the name Babe, Terror. Has been active in Brazilian film criticism (Folha de S. Paulo, Kleber Mendonça Filho's Cinemascópio, Contracampo, Paisá) in the 1990s and early 2000s. Makes, in his own words, "garage cinema" and "phantom bedroom music" since 2007. Started for real with short "Planalto Rhonda". Then made 2 features in a row, "Os Pólos" and "A Princesa de Rangoon". Has an interest in "secret archives", the "cinema as a platform for music and vice versa", likes the "mixtures that don't have much reason, but lead to strange portals"; says he makes music and movies "for the mystique of uncertainty".  --Marjorie Maccard

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Cinematography:
2020  The Poles

Director:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

Director of Photography:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

Editor:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

Music:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

Music Producer:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

Original Music Composer:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

Researcher:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

Writer:
2020  Rhonda Highlands
2020  The Poles
2023  The Rangoon Princess

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