Guilherme Fiúza Zenha

Directing · Minas Gerais, Brazil

Guilherme Fiúza Zenha was a director and producer born in Minas Gerais, in 1968. He began his career in the cinema market in 1993, in the production area. Soon after, he worked as an assistant director alongside Helvécio Ratton in the film Uma von ar (2002). In 2003, he returned to executive production in the feature films After That Baile (2005), by Roberto Bomtempo and Baptism of Blood (2006), by Helvécio Ratton. He taught at ECITV (École d’ internet et de télévision) and at Centro Universitário UNA, in Belo Horizonte, on the Cinema and Audiovisual course. In 2006, together with Cris Azzi and Cristiano Abud, he founded the production company Abuzza Filmes. His first work as a feature film director was the film The Boy in the Mirror (2014), which won an Honorable Mention by the official jury at Cine PE 2014. He also directed the animation Chef Jack: The Adventurous Cook, released in 2023. He died in 2024 , victim of a heart attack.