HYURI CONSTÂNCIO
Director & Writer
Bio
A student of cinema, communication, and human behaviour; a natural storyteller, musician and problem-solver; a collaborator at heart.
Grandson of a sculptor, and son of two artisans who themselves had a way with telling stories that got passed onto him through enthusiastic bedtime tales. Traveling the Brazilian coast with his mom for a few years, during his childhood, he met many intriguing characters, always collecting & telling stories along the way, experienced a variety of unusual things, and learned important values he holds dear to this day.
Directing
“Through storytelling, my biggest goal is to explore some of the many myths surrounding human behaviour that have been covertly plaguing our civilization for millennia, but doing so very subtly, underneath a rich cinematic experience.” ~Hyuri
Hyuri has always had a fascination with making films. He was a making ofs and bonus materials devourer before the internet and, sometimes was more excited about renting certain movies for the bonus material than the films themselves. Things began to get serious when his curiosity lead him to learning about the history and basics of Speci...
In the words of colleagues
After reading his first screenplay, a then colleague writer had this to say:
“Amazing!! I couldn't stop smiling through every single block and laughed the whole time. It's really, really good! Beyond anything I could have ever written.”
Films
A woman gets trapped in her apartment with an unknown presence. Unable to call for help, her only choice is to face the unknown head on, but this presence may be something far more sinister than she was anticipating.
Tissue is my first ever short film as a director. It's a home movie I shot on my phone at my sister's apartment, with family, no story development, no script or real production, but it's an important one for me because it marks the beginning of my journey as a director. You can think of it as a dress rehearsal for my next, more elaborate project that I'm writing right now and of which more expressively demonstrates my perspectives as a director, writer and overall storyteller.
I chose to start with a little horror film because I knew I could do it with what I had around me at the time.
The main idea behind making Tissue was to demonstrate my potential as a director. But it was also an opportunity for me to fail fast & learn so I could move on to my next film with confidence. If someone out there can see through the cracks of this "production" and open me some doors to really show what I can do with time, a team and proper resources, all the better, but I'm not holding my breath on that, I'm gonna go chase it on my own. In fact, I'm doing it right now, as I've been, in addition to writing my next film, also developing a couple of other films that I'm gonna go make happen soon after.
Additional notes on Tissue:
1. There was no screenplay — all I wrote was a brief shot list and a few action lines in the days prior to shooting;
2. I have a proper, more elaborate idea for a feature based on Tissue.
A one minute film I directed, composed music for, edited, animated and photographed, during the 2020 lockdowns, as a fun little experiment.
In the end, I decided to submit it to a few suitable film festivals anyway and, much to my surprise, it was selected for a number of them from all over the world, including the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival (LABRFF), Cinephone, Penedo's Cinema Circuit, Animated Baixada and One Minute Film Festival.
Had I known the film would go that far, I would have put some real effort into making it, like writing a more elaborate story to begin with.
It was a fun little lockdown experiment, especially composing the music, but I'm glad I'll be focusing entirely on directing and writing moving forward.
Experience
Full | Sorted by Relevance, Production Date
FILM
Tissue
Director | Short | 2020 | Homemade
TELEVISION
Treasure Quest: Snake Island • Discovery Channel/MAK Pictures
Media Manager | Season 1 | 2015
amazon prime | google play | vudu | imdb
YOUTUBE
O Guia Ilhabela
Co-Creator | All Episodes | 2014-2015
Health & Prevention • Sabará Children's Hospital/MOVA Filmes
Co-Creator & Writer | Season 1 Episode 1 | 2019 | Unproduced
OTHER (EDITING, DP, VFX, COLOR, ANIM., AD)
Penhead
Director, Composer, Editor, Animator, Photographer | Short Animation | 2020 | Homemade
AUM • Neptunea/Salga Filmes
VFX Artist | Music Video | 2019
MOVA Channel • MOVA Filmes
Lead Editor, Pipeline Specialist | YouTube Channel | 2018-2019
STAGE ACTOR (AMATEUR)
Addiction • Ilhabela Prefecture/Maembipe Group
Iepe | Play | 2012
A Bontade do Sorbete • Ilhabela Prefecture/Maembipe Group
Benedito | Play | 2012
A Midsummer Night's Dream • Ilhabela Prefecture/Maembipe Group
Demetrius | Play | 2011
VOLUNTEER WORK
IDETRA in details • IDETRA
Editor | Promo | 2021
What is IDETRA? • IDETRA
Editor, Voice Over Co-Director | Promo | 2019
Global Wealth Inequality • The Rules
Translator | Short Documentary | 2013
The Venus Project Support - Brasil
Administrator | Facebook Page | 2013
UMES Ilhabela
Cultural Director | Municipal-Level Students' Union | 2009
HOBBIES
Songwriting, singing & playing the guitar
Thinking of ways to systematically improve our society
FUN FACTS
1997 • Starts surfing and gets featured in a surf magazine at age 4
1998 • Learns capoeira(yellow belt) and playing its instruments(berimbau, conga drums, agogo etc.) at age 5
1999–2000 • Road trips from Vitoria(ES) to Itacare(BA) and back (lived in Arraial D'Ajuda for 6 months)
2000 • Goes straight into 1st grade(skipped kindergarten) at age 6
2001 • Learns Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu(yellow belt) and starts swimming at age 7
2001–2002 • Heads back to Itacare(BA) and lives there for a year among the locals, learning their practices
2005 • Road trips from São Paulo to Porto Alegre(RS) and back, catching up with the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre
2006 • Acts in his first play
2007 • #1 Beginner Optimist Sailor in Coastal Sao Paulo, 2nd in the state & qualifies for the Brazilian Championship
2008 • Tattoo Artist as his first job, working for himself, buys his first computer and begins his studies in computer science & animation
Education
LANGUAGES
Portuguese: Native
English: Mastery or Proficiency (C2)
Spanish: Advanced (C1) at Listening and Reading aloud | Beginner (A1) at Speaking spontaneously and Writing
Russian: Early Beginner (Knows the Cyrillic Alphabet, can introduce himself and recognize some words)
ARTS
Young Screenwriters • Writing the Short, with NYU Professor John Warren
Story & Writing | 2021
Young Screenwriters • Writing the Scene, with NYU Professor John Warren
Story & Writing | 2020
MasterClass • Martin Scorsese Teaches Filmmaking
Directing | 2020
Pixar • Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling
Story | 2019
eduK • Nude Photography Masterclass, with Photographer J.R. Duran
Photography | 2015
CreativeLive • Guerilla Filmmaking — An Immersion Into Envisioning, Shooting, and Producing Films
Production Pipeline | 2014
The Gnomon Workshop • Color Theory: The Mechanics of Color — Applied and Theoretical Color, with Richard Keyes
Color | 2014
Lynda • Color Grading for Locations and Times of Day, with Simon Walker
Color | 2014
Lynda • Artistic Color Grading on the Timeline, with Simon Walker
Color | 2014
Coletivo Digital • Editing with Open Source Software (Cinelerra, Debian)
Editing | 2011
Azimuth Ilhabela • Introduction to Shooting and Editing for Documentary & TV
Editing & Videography | 2010
• Select Books I've learned from
In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing (2nd Edition) • Walter Murch
American Cinematographer Manual (Seventh Edition) • American Society of Cinematographers
• Select Documentaries I've learned from
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Cinematographer Style
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
• Select Presentations I've learned from
The Robert Rodriguez Ten Minute Film School • BBC 2
The Making of El Mariachi • Robert Rodriguez
Alfred Hitchcock on the 3 Theories of Film Editing • CBC
Directing Annabelle Creation • David F. Sandberg
• Select Podcasts I've learned from
The Director's Cut • Directors Guild of America
American Cinematographer • American Society of Cinematographers
Scriptnotes • John August & Craig Mazin
• Select Channels I've learned from
Directors Guild of America (directing)
CookeOpticsTV (cinematography)
Hurlbut Academy (cinematography)
KINETEK (cinematography)
John August (screenwriting)
Producers Guild of America (producing)
David F. Sandberg
Filmmaker IQ
SCIENCES
Stanford University • Human Behavioral Biology, with Professor Robert Sapolsky
Behavioral Sciences | Undergraduate | 2020
San José State University • Introduction to Psychology - The Science of Thought and Behavior (ps001)
Behavioral Sciences | Undergraduate | 2014
Harvard University • Introduction to Computer Science (CS50), with Professor David J. Malan
Computer Science | Undergraduate | 2019
Harvard University • Web Programming with Python and JavaScript (CS50), with Professor David J. Malan and Senior Preceptor Brian Yu
Computer Science | Undergraduate | 2018
MIT • Introduction to Computer Science and Programming [using Python] (6.00SC), with Professor John Guttag
Computer Science | Undergraduate | 2017
Udacity • Introduction to Computer Science (CS101), with Professor Dave Evans
Computer Science | 2014
Lynda • The Science of Logo Design — The ARMM Model, with Professor William Lidwell
Design & Behavioral Sciences | 2017
Udacity • Intro to the Design of Everyday Things — Principles of Design, with Professor Don Norman
Industrial & Product Design | 2014