Biography
Felipe Haurelhuk was born in the Southern Brazilian city of Curitiba (PR), and his passion has always been the movies. Later he moved to Niterói to undergraduate on film studies at UFF - Universidade Federal Fluminense, one of the countrie's most prestigious ones. His final film "Sobre Heróis e Cigarros" was selected by the University to represent the institution at the Student Academy Awards.
Soon after the college Felipe started to work on Globo TV, the largest broadcaster in Latin America. He was responsible for the conception, development and production of campaigns for the network, including strategies for premieres in all segments: shows, kids, sports, realities, news, movies, soap operas and special events. More than 10,000 promos made by him were aired in national Brazilian broadcast, including some of the country's most-watched TV shows.
While in TV, however, he kept working on independent movie projects such as the live-action feature "O Abajour". Soon after that he founded IDEOgraph, an audiovisual company based on Rio de Janeiro with several titles on its portfolio, from documentaries to animation movies. Among the features, "Between Frames - The Art Of Brazilian Animation" participated in the world's biggest events of animation, including the Anima Mundi and the International Festival of Annecy twice, in 2014 and 2018. It was also shown in local VOD, free and pay TV services.
The short films produced by Felipe have already reached the five continents in more than 400 selections, ranging from the United States to Japan. "Curly Power", directed by Swahili Vidal and Claudia Alves, earned him the Golden Kikito at the Gramado Film Festival in 2017 (the Brazilian cinema's top prize). More recently, Rená Tardin's "From Afar, No One Sees the President" made its world premiere at the Havana International Film Festival and followed its path at the Toulouse International Film Festival.
Also part of Felipe's portfolio as a producer is the video clip "Ó Lua", for the band "As Bahias e a Cozinha Mineira" and campaigns for the A&E paid channel. Not to mention YouTube where, with the mashup channel "Darth Blender", he has already surpassed the mark of 12 million views in just over 3 years of activity. And at the My Uncle Oscar channel he is responsible for analyzing in portuguese all the films already nominated by the Academy Awards in history, with an above average retention rate. Felipe still teaches courses and lectures, participates in books, has deep knowledge of editing and project development.
