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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, speaker & CEO |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouses | Dionne Webster (m. 1994;div. 1997)Gabriela Tocchio dos Santos (m. 2003;div. 2012) |
| Children | 1, son |
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| Website | www |
David Schurmann is a film director, producer, screenwriter, explorer, author, speaker, CEO and public figure.
Schurmann, best known for Little Secret , Brazil's official 2017 Oscar entry, first showed his passion for filmmaking at age 13 when he began filming the adventures during the Schurmann Family first circumnavigation of the globe. He received his formal training in film and television in New Zealand. He received his formal training in film and television in New Zealand. He then completed his education in the United States. He has worked internationally 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 Film Festival in Brazil, for Best Film and Best Sound Editing. The film also received the Best Film Award at the CineBrasil Film Festival Buenos Aires (Argentina), Milan (Italy), Rome (Italy) and New York City (USA0. The film was broadcast on the Discovery Channel and is currently available on Netflix.
In 2011 he released Missing, a transmídia project and suspense/horror mockumentary film. he project, developed and shot for less than $35,000, questions what is real on the Internet and social networks. The film became a transmídia success story.
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 (fiction) Little Secret , based on the story of Katherine Schurmann, his adopted sister. [1] [2] The film, which he worked on for six years, became Brazil's official Oscar representative in 2017 and had a successful run at the box office. It is available on Amazon Prime Video.
In 2017, the National Geographic Channel 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), the initiative seeks innovative solutions and raises awareness by asking people around the world to take transformative action.
In 2022, he directed My Penguin Friend [3] starring Jean Reno and Adriana Barraza, with photography by Anthony Dod Mantle and production design by Mercedes Alfonsin.
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