David Schurmann

Schurmann is best known for directing and producing Little Secret, selected to represent Brazil at the Oscars in 2017. David first showed a passion for film making at the age of 13, when he started filming the Schurmnns first around the world sailing expedition. He graduated from film School in New Zealand, and completed his education in the United States. His work includes TV series for GLOBO TV such as the 36 part series Magellan Global Adventure (1997-2000) and 28 episode series Expedição Oriente (2004-20016). In 2007, Schurmann released his first motion picture film, The World Twice Around, a documentary that won two awards in the Recife Film Festival in Brazil, for Best Film and Best Sound Editing. It also took awards for best film in the CineBrasil Film Festival Buenos Aires (Argentina), Milan (Italy), Rome (Italy) and New York (USA). In 2011 he released Missing, a controversial trans-mídia project and suspense/horror mockumentary film. The project, developed and shot for under U