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David Schurmann | |
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 Schurmann in 2020 | |
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Florianópolis, Brazil |
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, explorer & CEO |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouses | Dionne Webster (m. 1994;div. 1997)Gabriela Tocchio dos Santos (m. 2003;div. 2012) |
| Children | 1 |
| Father | Vilfredo Schurmann |
| Awards | Best film at the Recife Cinema Festival |
| Website | www |
David Schurmann is a film director, producer, screenwriter, explorer, author and CEO.
Schurmann started filming at age 13 during the Schurmann Family first circumnavigation of the globe.
He received his formal training in film and television in New Zealand, completing his education in the United States. He has since worked as a director and producer of feature films, television programs and documentaries.
As producer/director/cinematographer of the Schurmann Family Adventures, he has filmed around the world, most notably during the Magellan Global Adventure (1997–2000).
In 2007, Schurmann released his first feature film, The World Twice Around, a documentary that won two awards at the Recife Cinema Festival (Cine PE), for Best Film and Best Sound Editing. In 2011 he released Missing, a suspense/horror mockumentary film.
Between 2009 and 2012, he produced and directed the documentary and series U-513 Lonely Wolf, about the great search and discovery of the German submarine German submarine U-513 sunk in the coast of southern Brazil.
Schurmann then directed and produced the feature film Little Secret , based on the story of Katherine Schurmann, his adopted sister. [1] [2] The film, which he worked on for six years, was chose as the Brazilian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 2017.
In 2017, the National Geographic released the 11-part series Orient Expedition, which Schurmann directed and produced.
In 2017, Schurmann and his family founded Voice of the Oceans and officially launched it on August 29, 2021, after four years of development. The global initiative to fight plastic pollution in the oceans includes a nautical expedition, a science project, an open innovation program, and an education project. With the global support of the UN Environment Program (UNEP).
In 2022, he directed My Penguin Friend starring Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza, with photography by Anthony Dod Mantle and production design by Mercedes Alfonsin. [3]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2011 | Missing | |
| 2016 | Little Secret | Brazilian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
| 2024 | My Penguin Friend |
| Year | Title |
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| 1995 | Em Busca Do Sonho |
| 2007 | The World Twice Round |
| 2021 | U-513 Lonely Wolf |
| Year | Title | Network |
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| 1996 | Get Real | |
| 1996-2005 | Magellan Global Adventure | |
| 2017 | Orient Expedition | National Geographic |
| 2022 | Voice of the Oceans Expedition | Canal Off |
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