Marco
Matheus
Writer / Director
Marco Matheus is a young up-and-coming Brazilian director known for creating profitable low budget films in exotic locations. As a director, Marco exhibits a unique and flashy filmmaking style, which on numerous occasions has been stylistically compared to Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. Marco began his career producing electronic music as well as directing and editing music videos, gaining great accolades for the music videos he made for popular Brazilian television host Yudi Muniz. His first ever film, Soroche, which featured Brazilian rapper Thaíde as well as Brazilian singer/actor Sérgio Hondjakoff, was an award winning cult hit. Soroche was distributed by O2Filmes, one of the largest and most respected production companies in South America, best known for their release of the Oscar nominated film City of God. Marco's second directed film, Scam Republique was shot in Cameroon, and like his first film, was a profitable endeavor with extensive international sales. His third film, Wanderlust, was shot in six different countries and once again is set to be released by O2Filmes in 2022. Rage Pill will be Marco's fourth film, and admittedly his "his best script to date."
Cast & Crew
Cast
Alessa Caneppele
as Yasmin
Ton Prado
as Anthony
Alphio Solar
as Alex
Felipe Osorio
as Gringo
Joice Tavares
as Paty
Pedro Sayão
as Papito
Crew
Marco Matheus
Marco Matheus is best known for the films he directed, but his experience with cinematography and his aesthetics in composing a perfect shot is as extensive as you could expect from a film director. Marco directed and shot, taking on the role of cinematographer, his most recent film, Wanderlust, which is set to be released by 02Filmes in Fall 2022. His past experience includes not only directing four different music videos for famous TV host Yudi Tamashiro, but also shooting one of them on his own, once again taking in the role of cinematographer. Other prominent works include being the sole creator for the music video, Postal De Amor, for Brazilian singer Daniel Peixoto. Marco not only directed and shot Peixoto's sci-fi music video himself, he also color corrected and edited all the effects for the music video, taking inspiration from Chris Nolan's Interstellar.
Director / Cinematographer
Pedro Sayão
Pedro has a passion for filmmaking, a joy for humanity, and offers a collection of unique qualities as a film producer including his ease to get to know people. He works as a marketing specialist, who is also a lawyer, a film producer, and an actor. He produced and acted in the award winning film Soroche (Best Cult Classic Film - CCMA2018). CCMA in an IMDb award listing qualifier. Soroche was distributed by O2Filmes (producers of City of God). Pedro's understanding of the film industry comes from both a business and an artistic perspective. Interestingly, he not only speaks three languages fluently (Portuguese, English, and Spanish), but he has also lived in five different countries (Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Spain, and Cyprus) and has Italian and Brazilian citizenship.
Producer
Raúl Chávez-Valdivia Velarde
Raul is an extremely resourceful line producer with extensive connections in South America. His high work ethic and high efficiency is matched only by hist ability to make relevant interpersonal relationships that benefits both the companies working with production and the film itself. His deep understanding of branding arises from his specialization and work history in marketing.
Flávio Ferrarese Jr.
It is no surprise that Flavio was hired as a second hand to help shoot Rage Pill, given Flavio was one of the most willing and hard-working contributors in Matheus' latest film Wanderlust. Flavio is very well rounded with multifarious different skill sets, including sound, drone-piloting, and photography. Flavio is not only eager to work hard, he also created stunning drone footage for the film Wanderlust
Felipe Osorio
Though a SAG actor, Felipe has extensive experience in post-production. Felipe was the assistant editor and head colorist for the internationally distributed feature film, You Can't Kill Stephen King. As a colorist Felipe has also worked on the Tennis Channel show Fit to Hit. He began his career working as the cinematographer for the wildly funny web series, A Lover's Scent, which won Best Comedy at the LA WebFest festival in Los Angeles in 2010, "the granddaddy of all webfests," according to Filmmaker Magazine. Felipe was the 1st AC for the feature film, Look in the Mirror. He is also a YouTuber with 20,000 subscribers, who has created a stong network of professional producers, directors, and cinematographers in LA.
Victor Lucas Castro
Victor is extremely versatile. Not only is he a great editor, his knowledge with sound and post-production makes him a valuable asset to any indie production. Though young compared to the rest of the crew, he has already worked with major TV stations in Rio de Janeiro. He is always willing to help on set in many capacities, as well as with post-production. BenzinTV was proud to have him as an assistant for Rage Pill.
Line Producer
Drone Pilot
Producer
Production Assistant
