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Arnaldo Branco

Arnaldo Branco

Roteiro

Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Drama, Dramédia, Comédia, Humor Non Sense, Ação

Young Audience, Young Adult and Youth

SERIES
He worked as the head writer for all four seasons of the animated series Gigablaster for Gloob, produced by Estricnina. Recently, he also wrote for the animated series Menino Maluquinho for Netflix, produced by Chatrone, and the animated series Wake up Carlo! for Netflix, produced by Copa Studio, both of which are still unreleased.
For the past 6 years, he has been one of the screenwriters for the weekly satirical news program Greg News for HBO. He was the script coordinator at the production company Porta dos Fundos.
He was the head writer of the comedy series Os Terminadores for Band, TNT, and Netflix and one of the writers for the series Os Juacas for Disney XD, produced by Chatrone.
For 7 years, he has been one of the screenwriters for the animated series Irmão do Jorel for Cartoon Network with Copa Studio. He also worked as a writer for the animated series Oswaldo (produced by Birdo) and Tromba Trem (produced by Copa Studio), both for Cartoon Network.
In addition to these projects, he wrote and directed the series Overdose for MTV alongside the team from TV Quase. He was also a script collaborator for Casseta e Planeta on Rede Globo, and a screenwriter for the sitcoms Trair e Coçar é só Começar and Quase Anônimos, both for Multishow. He wrote the series Vida de Estagiário in 2012 for TV Brasil/Warner and several web series, including the animated series Turma da Mônica, for which he was one of the writers at Split Studio.
FEATURE FILMS
He created and is currently writing the feature film Cenas Lamentáveis, a “dramatic sports comedy” funded by the FSA, in collaboration with Chatrone.
He was one of the screenwriters for the documentary Brasil, que carajos se pasó? (working title), produced by Coral Filmes. He also contributed to the script and dialogues of the feature film Dissonantes, directed by Pedro Amorim and produced by Querosene Filmes, which premiered in 2022.
AWARDS
In 2022, he was nominated for "Screenwriter of the Year" at the ABRA (Brazilian Association of Screenwriters) Awards.
Additionally, he won 7 awards in various editions of the ABRA Awards for his work as a screenwriter in series like Greg News, which won 4 times in the Best Variety Series category, and Irmão do Jorel, which won 3 times as Best Children’s Series.
In 2019, Irmão do Jorel was nominated for an International Emmy in the Kids category.
In 2013, he won the NETLABTV competition with the project Morro da Neurose and was selected for the Prodav program by Conspiração Filmes.
OTHER PROJECTS
He was one of the screenwriters for the investigative journalism podcast Tempo Quente for "Rádio Novelo" in 2022.
He has written and illustrated comics and cartoons for various newspapers, with a notable 7-year run at O Globo, where he published the daily comic strip Agente Zerotreze with cartoonist Claudio Mor, as well as for G1, Globo, and the weekly Mundinho Animal strip for Globo. He currently has a cartoon feature in the "Ilustríssima" supplement of Folha.
He had a column and cartoons published in the sports section of O Globo and a column in the last page of Revista Monet by Editora Globo for 6 years.
In literature, he has published several works, including adaptations of O Pagador de Promessas by Dias Gomes and Vidas Secas by Graciliano Ramos, where he co-wrote the scripts for comic adaptations in partnership with artist Eloar Guazzelli. He also adapted the plays Vestido de Noiva and O Beijo no Asfalto by Nelson Rodrigues into comic scripts with artist Gabriel Góes.
In 2012, he published the book O Mau Humor de Arnaldo Branco, a compilation of new texts and cartoons, through Flaneur Publishing, and Mundinho Animal, a compilation of his comic strip of the same name, through Leya Publishing in 2010.
AUTHORED PROJECTS
He creates and develops original projects. For more information, please consult the agency.
EDUCATION
He studied Communication with a major in Journalism at UERJ (State University of Rio de Janeiro).
He attended various scriptwriting courses, including those taught by Jorge Furtado and Robert McKee, among others.

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