Gabriel Brugni da Cruz
GABRIEL BRUGNI da CRUZ is a Latinx film and TV writer hailing from a small town in the state of Bahia, Brazil. He spent his childhood riding dirt roads to go to school and playing soccer in a swampy field that he and his friends often had to share with the neighbor’s cow.
Gabriel has written for the Emmy-nominated show “O Infiltrado”, Jon Cassar’s international co-prod “Rio Heat”, “Bom de Bola” a Brazilian anthology drama series, and currently writes a drama feature film for MyMama Entertainment. He also wrote audio stories for the preschool series Tom's Garage.
He was a finalist in various prestigious screenwriting labs and contests such as the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, Humanitas New Voices Program, San Francisco Independent Film Festival, and was placed in the top 10% of best screenplays in the Nicholl Fellowship (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Gabriel holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California and acts as Chair of the Committee of Credits and Compensation in the Brazilian Association of Screenwriters. He writes universal tales about love, darkness, and wonder imbued with the untapped stories of his homeland.
Gabriel currently lives with his wife on the outskirts of Los Angeles, where sometimes the wind brings the smell of cow dung from neighboring dairy farms. He doesn’t complain. It reminds him of home.
Gabriel has written for the Emmy-nominated show “O Infiltrado”, Jon Cassar’s international co-prod “Rio Heat”, “Bom de Bola” a Brazilian anthology drama series, and currently writes a drama feature film for MyMama Entertainment. He also wrote audio stories for the preschool series Tom's Garage.
He was a finalist in various prestigious screenwriting labs and contests such as the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, Humanitas New Voices Program, San Francisco Independent Film Festival, and was placed in the top 10% of best screenplays in the Nicholl Fellowship (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences).
Gabriel holds an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Southern California and acts as Chair of the Committee of Credits and Compensation in the Brazilian Association of Screenwriters. He writes universal tales about love, darkness, and wonder imbued with the untapped stories of his homeland.
Gabriel currently lives with his wife on the outskirts of Los Angeles, where sometimes the wind brings the smell of cow dung from neighboring dairy farms. He doesn’t complain. It reminds him of home.
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Tornado Radikal
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Goulash
Writer/director. Wrote and directed episode for a digital anthology series.
Bola Pra Frente
Writer. Wrote episodes for an anthology drama series for a Brazilian Public TV.
Tom's Garage
Writer. Wrote episodes for the preschool series T om's Garage, available on Spotify.
Rio Heat
Story Editor. Action-comedy feature/pilot episode executive produced by Jon Cassar and created by Ken Gord (Highlander).
O Infiltrado
Writer. A History Channel Lat. Am. non-fiction show nominated for an lnternational Emmy.
The Great Mystical Circus
Assistant Writer on Cacá Diegues' The Great Mystical Circus.
Writer. Currently writing a feature film for Brazil's MyMama Entertainment.
Goulash
Writer/director. Wrote and directed episode for a digital anthology series.
Bola Pra Frente
Writer. Wrote episodes for an anthology drama series for a Brazilian Public TV.
Tom's Garage
Writer. Wrote episodes for the preschool series T om's Garage, available on Spotify.
Rio Heat
Story Editor. Action-comedy feature/pilot episode executive produced by Jon Cassar and created by Ken Gord (Highlander).
O Infiltrado
Writer. A History Channel Lat. Am. non-fiction show nominated for an lnternational Emmy.
The Great Mystical Circus
Assistant Writer on Cacá Diegues' The Great Mystical Circus.
Books, Childrens writing, Film, Television, Videogames
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