Renée Nader Messora

Known for: Directing

Born: December 31, 1978 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Renée Nader Messora (born in 1979; Sao Paulo) is a Brazilian filmmaker . She is a graduate in Cinematography from the Universidad del Cine – Buenos Aires. For fifteen years she worked as an assistant director in Brazil, Argentina and Portugal. In 2009 Renée Nader Messora met the Krahô indigenous people. Since then, she is working with the community, participating in the mobilisation of a local collective of Krahô filmmakers. Their work is focused in the use of cinema as a tool for self-determination and the strengthening of cultural identity. "The Dead and the Others" is her debut as a director.