Biography

André Felippe Di Mauro (born Rio de Janeiro, October 27, 1964) is a Brazilian actor, director, producer, writer and screenwriter. As an actor he played characters in popular works such as "Rodrigues" in the film Elite Squad and "Lipe" of the soap opera Chamas da Vida. He is the great-nephew of filmmaker Humberto Mauro, pioneer of cinema in Brazil, author of the book Humberto Mauro - the father of Brazilian cinema and director of the film "Humberto Mauro" selected for the 75th Venice International Film Festival the world premiere took place on September 5, 2018. And the premiere in Brazil took place at the 51st Festival de Brasília of Brazilian Cinema and still in 2018, the film participated in other important festivals and shows such as the 42nd São Paulo International Film Festival the 20th Festival do Rio (Première Brasil Hors Concours) and the 40th Havana Festival (in Spanish: Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana), among others. In 2019, he participated in two more important film festivals in Europe, the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam (International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR) and the 15th Play-Doc International Documentary Film Festival (Spain ) where the film won the award for "Best Film".