Bruna Capozzoli
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Bruna Capozzoli, born in Sao Paulo in 1987, is an Italian Brazilian
Actress, Filmmaker and Scriptwriter based in London. At the age of
thirteen, she started her first drama course at Macunaíma Theatre
School, where she gained an Acting Diploma. At this period, she begun
to investigate the connections in between theatre and dance, a research
that she deepen while performing at the Dance Theatre Company Artesãos
do Corpo in Sao Paulo. One year later, she was accepted into one of the
most important acting courses in Brazil, the Bachelors Degree in
Performing Arts at Universidade Estadual de Campinas Unicamp, which she
concluded after four years. This full time acting program included
related disciplines such as dance, fight, circus and singing
techniques. From 2002 until 2008 Bruna performed as an actress within
more than ten professional plays. At the end of the university, Bruna
had the opportunity to deepen her knowledge in eutony and contemporary
dance within the Núcleo Experimental de Artes Cênicas. Her interest and
passion for cinema started in 2009 during a Method Acting and Directing
Course attended at the Stanislavski Institute in Sao Paulo, where she
graduated as a director. This experience led her to a Digital Cinema
Course at the Latin American Film Institute, concluded in 2010. In the
same year, Bruna launched her first short film "Luz" ("Light") with the
role of director and scriptwriter. Selected in festivals in Brazil and
Europe the short opened the door to her career as a filmmaker. In 2013,
Bruna attended a MA in Filmmaking at Goldsmiths University of London
obtaining one of the four director positions available. By the time of
her graduation in January 2014 she directed the short film "Sisters"
and she wrote and directed the shorts "Alive in Time" and "Mamo".