Otavio Juliano

Otavio Juliano (born 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian filmmaker. He is the second of three children in a middle-class family of Italian descent. His father, Januário, is a lawyer and high-ranking civil servant. His mother, Marilena, is an educator. Juliano is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television, and currently divides his time between Brazil and Los Angeles. He married Luciana Ferraz, a Brazilian television producer in 2006.

Works

• Third World California depicts the subhuman conditions experienced by undocumented immigrants living in "Duroville", a settlement largely composed of decrepit trailer homes and lacking basic infrastructure. Its location within the Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation in California's Colorado Desert exempts it from many federal and state laws, which allows some Torres-Martinez tribe members to profiteer from the situation of the undocumented workers, and to disregard environmental and safety regulations in force elsewhere. The film debuted in the 22nd Chicago Latino Film Festival in 2006.
• The Music Tree features the plight of the brazilwood, the species of tree that gave Brazil its name, and whose unique deep red wood is used in the manufacture of bows for fine violins and similar instruments. Its current endangered status represents a serious threat to classical music worldwide, as there is no other material that can be used to make bows of comparable quality.
• A film recounting the extreme danger free-diving Brazilian lobster fishermen expose themselves to on a daily basis.
• A rockumentary about Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura (in production)

External links

• Otavio Juliano at the Internet Movie Database
• Third World California official Web site
• Trailer of Third World California

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