michele diniz

Michele started taking pictures very early in her life, inspired by her parents who both worked as wedding photographers.
In 2009, in parallel with independent projects and still photography works, she started working as camera assistant during her bachelor's degree in Film Studies (Florianópolis, Brazil). After graduation, Michele attended the Advanced Cinematography workshop at Maine Media (USA) and moved to Rio and then São Paulo, where she took part of several film and commercial productions in different camera roles. Between 2018 and 2020, Michele Diniz was a scholarship cinematographer student in Kino Eyes European MA (Portugal, Estonia, Scotland). Recently, she shot the short movie 'Terminal Happiness', which was selected in Camerimage Festival, respected for curating the best of cinematography art.

Michele is currently based in Lisbon, available everywhere.

Highlights:
2020 - Best Cinematography 48 hour challenge Lisbon (Food For Thought)
2020 - Official Selection Camerimage Festival (Terminal Happiness)
2020 - Best Documentary Cinematography Premio ABC (camera operator - Amazonia Groove)
2019 - Best Cinematography SXSW Festival (camera operator - Amazonia Groove)
2015 - Best Cinematography Short Films FAM Festival Audiovisual Mercosul (O voo da Borboleta)