José Bial

José Bial is a Brazilian filmmaker from Rio de Janeiro whose work explores themes including masculinity, Brazilian whiteness, humor, love, and the country’s military dictatorship. He holds a degree in Film from PUC-Rio, and his work has been screened at festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Festival do Rio, Beijing LiftOff Film Festival, and Festival da Fronteira. His filmography includes Oma, about a 98-year-old Holocaust survivor living in Rio de Janeiro; Pequenos Traficantes Brancos (Small White Drug Dealers), about upper-class drug dealers in Rio; and Omar, a tribute to the HBO series The Wire, created for Festival Cena and artist PutodiParis. His feature directorial debut is 8 Baixos, a documentary supported by Brazil’s Paulo Gustavo Law, scheduled for release in 2026. As a screenwriter, José wrote the feature film Marejada, currently in pre-production, starring Denise Fraga and produced by Gávea Filmes. The project was awarded at the N2B Lab screenwriting development lab. In 2024, he also wrote the unreleased feature A Praça Vazia for directors Cacá Diegues and Silvio Guindane. He has worked as an assistant director on the Globoplay series O Canto Livre de Nara Le...

José Bial aparece en Amor Inteligente, Pedro e Lívia.