Cecilia Carvalhal CV

+1 (207) 974-9755

ce.carvalhal@gmail.com

Old Town. Maine. ME

1. Education

2025 MFA (in progress) in Intermedia, University of Maine, Orono, ME

2009 BA in Performing Arts, Major in Theatre Directing, University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2. Professional Experience

Graduate Assistant Experience

2022 - 2025 Graduate Assistant, University of Maine, School of Performing Arts, Costume Shop

Film Assistant Director Experience

2021

Amazon Prime Video, September Mornings, First Assistant Director, TV Series, O2 Films Production Company, Director Luis Pinheiros

Amazon Prime Video, The President, Second Assistant Director, TV Mini-Series, Gaumont and Salado Media Production Company, Director Armando Bo

2020

Amazon Prime Video, Uncoupled in Rio, Second Assistant Director, TV Series, FJ Productions, Director Anne Guimarães

2019

Netflix, Invisible City, Second Assistant Director, TV Series, Prodigo Films, Director Carlos Saldanha

RT Features Production Company, Alemão 2, Second Assistant Director, Feature Film, Director José Eduardo Belmonte

2018

Netflix, The Mechanism, Second Assistant Director, TV Series, Zazen Production Company, Director José Padilha

Zazen Production Company, Macabro, Second Assistant Director, Feature Film, Director Marcos Prado

Multishow, Os Suburbanos, Second Assistant Director, TV Series, Hungry Man Production Company, Director Luciano Sabino

2017

Migdal Films, Duas de Mim, Third Assistant Director, Feature Film, Director Cininha de Paula

2016

GNT TV Channel, Que Marravilha, First Assistant Director, Reality Show, Zola Films, Director Snir Wein

Plural Entertainment, The Payback, Second Assistant Director, TV Series, Director Hugo de Souza

Star Original Production and Movi & Art, Fervo, Second Assistant Director, Feature Film, Director Felipe Joffily

2015

GNT TV Channel, Bela Cozinha, Script Supervisor, Cooking Show, Conspiração Films, Director Pedro Waddington

GNT TV Channel, As Canalhas, Third Assistant Director, TV Series, Migdal Films, Director Vicente Amorin

2014

Conspiração Films and NFP, Bach in Brazil, Third Assistant Director, Feature Film, Director Ansgar Ahlers

O2 Films, Universal Pictures, and Working Title Films, Trash, Second Assistant Director, Feature Film, Director Stephen Daldry

2013

Rede Record, The Miracles of Jesus, Third Assistant Director, TV Series, Director João Camargo

HBO, Destino Rio de Janeiro, Third Assistant Director, TV Series, O2 Films, Director Fabio Mendonça

BBC, Mundo Sem Mulheres, Assistant Director, Reality Show, Conspiração Films, Director Paschoal Samora

2012

TV Zero, Nise: The Heart of Madness, Second Assistant Director, Feature Fim, Director Roberto Berliner

3. Exhibitions

2025

Creative Collisions Performance and Exhibition, University of Maine, Orono, ME

2024

There is no Us without U, Group Exhibition, The Center of Artistic Activism, New York, NY

Threads: Interweaving Multiple Feminisms, Group Exhibition, Rockland, ME

Site / Non-Site, Group Exhibition, University of Maine, Orono, ME

4. Technical Skills

Video & Editing: Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve

Photography & Design: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator Projection & Interactive Media: Millumin, Isadora

Screenwriting & Script Development: Final Draft

Production & Scheduling: Movie Magic Scheduling

Operating Systems & Digital Tools: Proficiency in macOS and Microsoft Windows

Web & Digital Skills: Experience with WordPress and Squarespace for blogging and website management

Photography & Camera Operation: Knowledge of digital photography, exposure, and composition; Intermediate proficiency with DSLR cameras

5. Workshops

2015

How to Turn Ideas into Projects, ESPM and SEBRAE Institution, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

2012

Movie Magic Scheduling, Internacional Cinema & TV Academy, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

2011

Light, Vision, and Cinematographic Representation, O Barco Cultural Center Institution, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

6. Foreign Languages

Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese (spoken and written)